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A Method for Solving Poisson's Equation for Systems with Axial Symmetry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

T. S. Van Albada*
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

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In computer experiments on the dynamics of stellar systems special methods are often required for the computation of the forces to keep the problem manageable. For collisionless systems a method based on solving Poisson's equation with Fourier-series expansions has been used with success (Miller et al., 1970; Hohl, 1973). The systems in these studies consist of a large number of particles moving on a rectangular grid.

Type
Part II/Flattened Systems
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1975 

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