Numerical tests of dynamical friction in gravitational inhomogeneous systems

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 406, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Del Popolo, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Methods: numerical; Stars: statistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICS;

CELESTIAL MECHANICS;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0038443070     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030665     Document Type: Article

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