D. Lynden-Bell (auth.), G. Contopoulos, N. K. Spyrou, L. Vlahos (eds.)3540579834, 9783540579830, 0387579834
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. |
Table of contents :
Lectures on stellar dynamics….Pages 1-31
Order and chaos….Pages 33-100
Self-consistent models of spiral galaxies….Pages 101-141
The study of instability in stellar dynamics….Pages 143-189
Elliptical galaxies….Pages 191-274
Direct methods for N-Body simulations….Pages 275-312
Fundamentals of gas-dynamical simulations….Pages 313-363
Galaxy formation….Pages 365-417 |
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