Gravitational Thermodynamics
| dc.creator | Hut, Piet | |
| dc.date | 1997-04-29 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:23:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:23:18Z | |
| dc.description | The gravitational N-body problem, for $N>2$, is the oldest unsolved problem in mathematical physics. Some of the most ideal examples that can be found in nature are globular star clusters, with $N \sim 10^6$. In this overview, I discuss six types of fundamental sources of unpredictability, each of which poses a different challenge to attempts to determine the long-term behavior of these systems, governed by a peculiar type of thermodynamics. | |
| dc.description | 19 pages, 5 included figures, Tex, uses psfig.tex. To appear in `Complexity', as part of the Proceedings of the Workshop on Fundamental Sources of Unpredictability, held at the Santa Fe Institute, March 28-30, 1996, eds. James Hartle, Piet Hut, and Joseph Traub | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9704286 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9704286 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/11197 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Gravitational Thermodynamics | |
| dc.type | text |