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Computer models of spiral structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

F. Hohl
F. Hohl*
Affiliation:
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., U.S.A.

Abstract

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A computer model for isolated disks of stars is used to study the self-consistent motion of large numbers of point masses as they move in the plane of the galactic disk. The Langley Research Center's CDC 6600 computers are used to integrate the equations of motion for systems containing from 50000 to 200000 stars. The results are presented in the form of a motion picture.

Type
Part III/Theory of Spiral Structure
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 38: The Spiral Structure of our Galaxy , 1970 , pp. 368 - 372
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970 

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