The N-Body Approach to Disk Galaxy Evolution
Abstract
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I review recent progress from $N$-body simulations in our understanding of the secular evolution of isolated disk galaxies. I describe some of the recent controversies in the field which have been commonly attributed to numerics. The numerical methods used are widely used in computational astronomy and the problems encountered are therefore of wider interest.
15 pages, to appear in ASP conference proceedings of "Frank N. Bash Symposium 2005: New Horizons in Astronomy"
15 pages, to appear in ASP conference proceedings of "Frank N. Bash Symposium 2005: New Horizons in Astronomy"