Computer Science – Numerical Analysis
Scientific paper
Aug 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982apj...259..559m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 259, Aug. 15, 1982, p. 559-572.
Computer Science
Numerical Analysis
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Astronomical Models, Galactic Rotation, Galactic Structure, Many Body Problem, Star Distribution, Stellar Motions, Angular Momentum, Astronomical Maps, Numerical Analysis, Secular Variations
Scientific paper
A self-consistent, three-dimensional numerical experiment is performed on an N-body system whose initial state is a realization of a certain theoretical model of a rotating triaxial galaxy. The model is a stellar-dynamical counterpart of a uniformly rotating polytrope of index equal to 0.5. The aim of the experiment is to study the equilibrium of the system and, in particular, to test its stability. The experimental system behaves in the mean like a realization of the theoretical model for at least seven crossing times. The principal departure of the system from equilibrium is an oscillation which is identified as a radial pulsation. There is no indication in its behavior that the system is unstable with respect to anu mode with an e-folding time shorter than or of the order of two crossing times. Certain changes that occur in the state of the system are interpreted, with the aid of the theoretical model, as secular changes which result from a slight failure of our numerical methods to conserve the mass, energy, and angular momentum of the system; these effects are small enough that they do not vitiate the experiment on a dynamical time scale.
Miller Richard H.
Smith Barbara F.
Vandervoort Peter O.
Welty Daniel E.
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