19–23 Aug 2024
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland
Europe/Warsaw timezone

Simulating the evolution of star clusters: Risks and rewards

21 Aug 2024, 09:00
25m
Main Lecture Hall (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland)

Main Lecture Hall

Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland

Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw Poland
Talk Special session dedicated to Prof. Rainer Spurzem and Prof. Roberto Capuzzo Dolcetta Special session dedicated to Prof. Rainer Spurzem and Prof. Roberto Capuzzo Dolcetta

Speaker

Prof. Douglas Heggie (University of Edinburgh)

Description

I first quickly review the decades-long history of the development of the methods for simulating the dynamical evolution of star clusters, with additional discussion of N-body methods. Then I survey some things that can or could go wrong, with particular attention to the role played by the theory of two-body relaxation.

Affliation University of Edinburgh
Current Position Other

Primary author

Prof. Douglas Heggie (University of Edinburgh)

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