Author : George Contopoulos
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Galactic Dynamics and N-body Simulations by : George Contopoulos
Download or read book Galactic Dynamics and N-body Simulations written by George Contopoulos and published by Springer. This book was released on 1994 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an in-depth coverage of modern research on dynamical systems. The first part discusses stellar dynamics, integrable systems, the transition to chaos and instabilities in stellar dynamics as well as the dynamics of spiral galaxies. Models are given and compared with observations. The second part is devoted to the direct method of N-body simulations, to gas dynamics simulations and to galaxy formation. Special care is taken to give to a pedagogical presentation of the material which makes this a unique text well suited for graduate courses in astrophysics.