The gravitational million-body problem is a model for understanding the dynamics of rich star clusters. This text describes the theory astronomers need for studying globular star clusters. 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. Written 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.
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The gravitational million-body problem is a model for understanding the dynamics of rich star clusters. This text describes the theory astronomers need for studying globular star clusters. 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. Written 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.
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When Newton studied dynamics and calculus he was motivated, at least in part, by a desire to understand the movements of the planets. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gravothermal oscillations, harder binary, hierarchical triple system, primordial binaries, globular cluster evolution, collisionless stellar dynamics, individual stellar mass, central relaxation time, stellar dynamicists, gravothermal instability, star cluster evolution, disk shocking, binary star evolution, spherical stellar systems, wider binary, dense stellar systems, mass segregation, inner binary, gaseous model, hard binary, hard binaries, hierarchical triples, soft binaries, barycentric frame, blue stragglers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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When Newton studied dynamics and calculus he was motivated, at least in part, by a desire to understand the movements of the planets. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gravothermal oscillations, harder binary, hierarchical triple system, primordial binaries, globular cluster evolution, collisionless stellar dynamics, individual stellar mass, central relaxation time, stellar dynamicists, gravothermal instability, star cluster evolution, disk shocking, binary star evolution, spherical stellar systems, wider binary, dense stellar systems, mass segregation, inner binary, gaseous model, hard binary, hard binaries, hierarchical triples, soft binaries, barycentric frame, blue stragglers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Portegies Zwart, Monte Carlo, Levi Civita, Paradoxical Thermodynamics, Theoretical Physics Introduction, Internal Mass Loss New!
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- Dynamics of Star Clusters (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by Jeremy Goodman on 4 pages
- Chaos in Gravitational N-Body Systems by J.C. Muzzio in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Star Clusters (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by J.E. Hesser in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- San Francisco (Windsor Destination Guides) by Wolfgang Fuchs in Back Matter
- Mathematical Aspects of Classical and Celestial Mechanics (Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences) by Vladimir I. Arnold in Back Matter
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