1997/11/17 by Douglas C. Heggie, D. C. Heggie, M. Giersz +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9711191
6 pages, postscript, etc., also available at http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/people/douglas/preprints.html To appear in Andersen J., ed, Highlights of Astronomy Vol. 11. Kluwer, Dordrecht. Pagination differs from that in published version
arxiv created 1997/11/17 · openalex publication_date 1997/11/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We review recent progress in computational methods for studying the dynamical evolution of large star clusters. After describing some highlights of a new comparison of different models, including N-body models, we mention in detail recent developments in three codes which allow models with anisotropic distributions of velocity to be studied: (i) a Fokker-Planck code using finite differences, (ii) a Monte Carlo code and (iii) a gaseous model code.