Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-01-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
24 pages, 7 figures, using Sussp.sty (included). Lectures presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute, "The Restless Univer
Scientific paper
These lectures will cover methods for studying the evolution of galaxies since their formation. Because the properties of a galaxy depend on its history, an understanding of galaxy evolution requires that we understand the dynamical interplay between all components. The first part will emphasize n-body simulation methods which minimize sampling noise. These techniques are based on harmonic expansions and scale linearly with the number of bodies, similar to Fourier transform solutions used in cosmological simulations. Although fast, until recently they were only efficiently used for small number of geometries and background profiles. These same techniques may be used to study the modes and response of a galaxy to an arbitrary perturbation. In particular, I will describe the modal spectra of stellar systems and role of damped modes which are generic to stellar systems in interactions and appear to play a significant role in determining the common structures that we see. The general development leads indirectly to guidelines for the number of particles necessary to adequately represent the gravitational field such that the modal spectrum is resolvable. I will then apply these same excitation to understanding the importance of noise to galaxy evolution.
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