Towards optimal softening in three-dimensional N-body codes - I. Minimizing the force error

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 273-291

  Dehnen, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methods: N body simulations; Methods: Numerical; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHOT NOISE; STARS;

ANALYTICAL RELATIONS; ASYMPTOTICS; COLLISIONLESS; FORCE ERROR; LAW OF GRAVITIES; METHOD: NUMERICAL; METHODS:N-BODY SIMULATIONS; N-BODY SIMULATION; STELLAR DYNAMICS; STELLAR SYSTEM;

ERRORS;

EID: 0001280973     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04237.x     Document Type: Article

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