A new Monte Carlo code for star cluster simulations II. Central black hole and stellar collisions

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 345-374

  Freitag, M ^a   Benz, W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: star clusters; Galaxies: stellar dynamics; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPACE RESEARCH;

CENTRAL BLACK HOLE; STAR CLUSTERS; STELLAR COLLISIONS; STELLAR DYNAMICS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036774625     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021142     Document Type: Article

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