Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jan 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986aiaa.meetq....m&link_type=abstract
AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 24th, Reno, NV, Jan. 6-9, 1986. 2 p.
Statistics
Computation
Astronomical Models, Computational Astrophysics, Galactic Evolution, Dynamical Systems, Galactic Structure, Gravitational Effects, Interacting Galaxies
Scientific paper
Numerical models permit modelling processes within galaxies that are seemingly beyond the reach of physical contact or close-up viewing from different angles. N-body equations permit simple computations of the interactions of individual stars within galaxies, but the motions of these objects feature nonlinear characteristics because of the forces exerted by the complex as a whole which are not amenable to examination with Newtonian laws of force. The models have, however, revealed that thin disk galactic are not stable forms, that barlike structures rotating end-over-end are more stable structures, and that galactic contraction occurs during collisions between galaxies. Internal effects have been successfully predicted for galaxies which are part of clusters, growth rate disturbances due to the expansion of the Universe have been quantified as 2-3 percent and dynamical friction has been shown to damage galaxies which are sliding into background material.
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