The Gravitational Million–Body Problem: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Star Cluster Dynamics - Couverture rigide

Heggie, Douglas; Hut, Piet

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521773032 ISBN 13 : 9780521773034

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The globular star clusters of the Milky Way contain hundreds of thousands of stars held together by gravitational interactions, and date from the time when the Milky Way was forming. This 2003 text describes the theory astronomers need for studying globular star clusters. The gravitational million-body problem is an idealised model for understanding the dynamics of a cluster with a million stars. After introducing the million-body problem from various view-points, the book systematically develops the tools needed for studying the million-body problems in nature, and introduces the most important theoretical models. Including a comprehensive treatment of few-body interactions, and developing an intuitive but quantitative understanding of the three-body problem, the book introduces numerical methods, relevant software, and current problems. Suitable for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics and astronomy, this text also has important applications in the fields of theoretical physics, computational science and mathematics.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Douglas Heggie is Professor of Mathematical Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Piet Hut is Professor of Astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521773032
• ISBN 13: 9780521773034
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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