Optimal softening for force calculations in collisionless N-body simulations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 314, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 475-488

  Athanassoula, E ^a   Fady, E ^a   Lambert, J C ^a   Bosma, A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE MARSEILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: structure; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

COLLISIONLESS; CONCENTRATED MASS; FORCE CALCULATION; GALAXIES: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; HARMONIC MEAN; MASS DISTRIBUTION; METHOD: NUMERICAL; N-BODY SIMULATION; OPTIMAL VALUES;

SPHERES;

EID: 0000149233     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03316.x     Document Type: Article

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