Author:
Lightman Alan P.,McMillan Stephen L. W.
Abstract
We summarize the methods of a new “hybrid” computer code for stellar dynamics. All particles in the inner spatial region are followed exactly via a direct N-body code and all particles in the outer spatial region are treated statistically via a distribution function and Fokker-Planck type methods. An intermediate region, with features of both, allows exchange of particles and energy between the outer and inner regions. We apply our code to the period just before core collapse and just after and summarize the results.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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