| When: | Lecture: Thursday, 14 c.t. – 16 |
| Exercises: weekly by appointment | |
| Where: | Lecture: Argelander-Institut für Astronomie; Room 0.006 |
| Exercises: Argelander-Institut für Astronomie; CIP-Pool | |
| Start: | 13.10 |
| Exam: | 02.02.2012 |
| Prerequisites: | Vordiploma or BSc in physics |
| Comments: | This course corresponds to course astro854 in the M.Ap. programme. |
| Contents: | The aim of this course is to impart knowledge how different stellar dynamical systems such as planetary systems, non-hierarchical few-body systems, star clusters and galaxies are integrated numerically. The students will learn what kind of algorithms are used to integrate a particular stellar system as well as how to use state of the art software for scientific research. |
| Literature: |
1) Lecture notes will be provided. 2) S.J. Aarseth: Gravitational N-body Simulations: Tools and Algorithms (Cambridge University Press, 2003). |