The Cambridge N-Body Lectures

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aarseth, Sverre J. (Editor), Tout, Christopher A. (Editor), Mardling, Rosemary A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 760
• Subjects: Physics.; Mechanics.; Astrophysics.; Atoms.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.
• Physical Description: X, 402 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781402084317
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;

Published under the auspices of the Royal Astronomical Society, this volume contains a set of extensive school tested lectures, with the aim to give a coherent and thorough background knowledge of the subject and to introduce the latest developments in N-body computational astrophysics. The topics cover a wide range from the classical few-body problem with discussions of resonance, chaos and stability to realistic modelling of star clusters as well as descriptions of codes, algorithms and special hardware for N-body simulations. This collection of topics, related to the gravitational N-body problem, will prove useful to both students and researchers in years to come.