arXiv:1105.1082astro-ph.IM
N-body simulations of gravitational dynamics
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Abstract
We describe the astrophysical and numerical basis of N-body simulations, both of collisional stellar systems (dense star clusters and galactic centres) and collisionless stellar dynamics (galaxies and large-scale structure). We explain and discuss the state-of-the-art algorithms used for these quite different regimes, attempt to give a fair critique, and point out possible directions of future improvement and development. We briefly touch upon the history of N-body simulations and their most important results.
> in general That's too broad to answer. Let's narrow to our solar system, or a close approximation, first. Below, I'll step up to more complicated arrangements, and binary black holes. These are only three or four families of (regions of) general curved spacetime; there is a…
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