Dynamical Evolution of Dense Stellar Systems (IAU S246)
Dense stellar systems lie at the interface between dynamics, stellar evolution, and galaxy formation, and they provide us with an ideal laboratory to understand many different aspects of these important fields as well as to explore the interplay between them. The complete study of dense stellar systems is a very challenging task which requires the collaboration and the exchange of ideas of astronomers and physicists with observational and theoretical expertise in galactic and extra-galactic astronomy, stellar dynamics, hydrodynamics, stellar evolution, as well as knowledge of many aspects of computational physics. IAU Symposium 246 brought together experts in all these areas to cover the broad field of dense stellar systems with particular emphasis on the interplay between them and on the comparison between observations and simulations. This volume provides a complete review of the most recent studies in this topical research.
- IAU S249 contains contributions from all of the many disciplines relevant to the study the evolution of dense stellar systems
- Focuses on theoretical and observational studies and the comparison of theoretical results with observations
- Includes contributions on the computational physics hardware and software used to study these systems
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'I think this book is an excellent starting point for anybody who wishes to enter this field of research or get up to date with its present state. The Observatory
Product details
July 2008Hardback
9780521874687
510 pages
253 × 178 × 28 mm
1.15kg
25 b/w illus. 10 tables
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Organizing committee
- Conference participants
- Part I. Cluster Formation and Early Evolution
- Part II. Open Clusters
- Part III. Globular Clusters
- Part IV. Few-Body Systems
- Part V. Binary Star Dynamics and its Interplay with Cluster Dynamical Evolution
- Part VI. Exotic Stellar Populations
- Part VII. Globular Cluster Systems
- Part VIII. Computational Aspects of Simulations of Dense Stellar Systems
- Author index.