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- catalog contributor b12787724.
- catalog contributor b12787725.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-344) and index.".
- catalog description "Part I. Introductions -- 1. Astrophysics introduction -- 2. Theoretical physics introduction -- 3. Computational physics introduction -- 4. Mathematical introduction -- Part II. The continuum limit: N->[infinity] -- 5. Paradoxical thermodynamics -- 6. Statistical mechanics -- 7. Motion in a central potential -- 8. Some equilibrium models -- 9. Methods -- Part III. Mean field dynamics: N=10⁶ -- 10. Violent relaxation -- 11. Internal mass loss -- 12. External influences -- Part IV. Microphysics: N=2 -- 13. Exponential orbit instability -- 14. Two-body relaxation -- 15. From Kepler to Kustaanheimo -- Part V. Gravothermodynamics: N=10⁶ -- 16. Escape and mass segregation -- 17. Gravothermal instability -- 18. Core collapse rate for star clusters -- Part VI. Gravitational scattering: N=3 -- 19. Thought experiments -- 20. Mathematical three-body scattering -- 21. Analytical approximations -- 22. Laboratory experiments -- 23. Gravitational burning and transmutation -- Part VII. Primordial binaries: N=4 -- 24. Binaries in star clusters -- 25. Triple formation and evolution -- 26. A non-renewable energy source -- Part VIII. Post-collapse evolution: N=10⁶ -- 27. Surviving core collapse -- 28. Gravothermal oscillations -- 29. Dissolution -- Part IX. Star cluster ecology -- 30. Stellar and dynamical evolution -- 31. Collisions and capture -- 32. Binary star evolution and blue stragglers -- 33. Star cluster evolution -- Appendix A. A simple N-body integrator -- Appendix B. Hints to solution of problems.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 357 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521773032".
- catalog identifier "0521774861 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "523.8/55 21".
- catalog subject "Few-body problem.".
- catalog subject "Gravitation.".
- catalog subject "QB362.F47 H44 2002".
- catalog subject "Stars Globular clusters.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part I. Introductions -- 1. Astrophysics introduction -- 2. Theoretical physics introduction -- 3. Computational physics introduction -- 4. Mathematical introduction -- Part II. The continuum limit: N->[infinity] -- 5. Paradoxical thermodynamics -- 6. Statistical mechanics -- 7. Motion in a central potential -- 8. Some equilibrium models -- 9. Methods -- Part III. Mean field dynamics: N=10⁶ -- 10. Violent relaxation -- 11. Internal mass loss -- 12. External influences -- Part IV. Microphysics: N=2 -- 13. Exponential orbit instability -- 14. Two-body relaxation -- 15. From Kepler to Kustaanheimo -- Part V. Gravothermodynamics: N=10⁶ -- 16. Escape and mass segregation -- 17. Gravothermal instability -- 18. Core collapse rate for star clusters -- Part VI. Gravitational scattering: N=3 -- 19. Thought experiments -- 20. Mathematical three-body scattering -- 21. Analytical approximations -- 22. Laboratory experiments -- 23. Gravitational burning and transmutation -- Part VII. Primordial binaries: N=4 -- 24. Binaries in star clusters -- 25. Triple formation and evolution -- 26. A non-renewable energy source -- Part VIII. Post-collapse evolution: N=10⁶ -- 27. Surviving core collapse -- 28. Gravothermal oscillations -- 29. Dissolution -- Part IX. Star cluster ecology -- 30. Stellar and dynamical evolution -- 31. Collisions and capture -- 32. Binary star evolution and blue stragglers -- 33. Star cluster evolution -- Appendix A. A simple N-body integrator -- Appendix B. Hints to solution of problems.".
- catalog title "The gravitational million-body problem / Douglas Heggie, Piet Hut.".
- catalog type "text".