Numerical Dynamics - astro854
| Course | Numerical Dynamics |
|---|---|
| Course No. | astro854 |
| Category | Type | Language | Teaching hours | CP | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Lecture with exercises | English | 2+1 | 4 | ST |
Preparation:
Form of Testing and Examination: Requirements for the examination (written): successful work with exercises and programming tasks
Length of Course: 1 semester
Aims of the Course: The students will have to familiarize themselves with the various numerical recipes to solve the coupled 2nd-order differential equations as well as with the limitations of these methods
Contents of the Course: The two-body problem and its analytical solution. Ordered dynamics: integration of planetary motion, solar system, extra-solar planets. Collisional dynamics: integration of stellar orbits in star clusters, star-cluster evolution. Collisionless dynamics: integration of stellar orbits in galaxies, cosmological aspects
Recommended Literature:
Write-up of the class;
S. J. Aarseth; Gravitational N-body simulations: Tools and Algorithms (Cambridge University Press, 2003)