Dynamical effects of softening in N-body simulations of disc galaxies: Method and first applications

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 523-533

  Romeo, Alessandro B ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: spiral; Gravitation; Methods: analytical; Methods: numerical; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000689081     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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