An implementation ofN-body chain regularization |
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| Authors: | Seppo Mikkola Sverre J Aarseth |
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| Institution: | (1) Turku University Observatory, University of Turku, 20500 Turku, Finland;(2) Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, England |
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| Abstract: | The chain regularization method (Mikkola and Aarseth 1990) for high accuracy computation of particle motions in smallN-body systems has been reformulated. We discuss the transformation formulae, equations of motion and selection of a chain of interparticle vectors such that the critical interactions requiring regularization are included in the chain. The Kustaanheimo-Stiefel (KS) coordinate transformation and a time transformation is used to regularize the dominant terms of the equations of motion. The method has been implemented for an arbitrary number of bodies, with the option of external perturbations. This formulation has been succesfully tested in a generalN-body program for strongly interacting subsystems. An easy to use computer program, written inFortran, is available on request. |
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| Keywords: | Regularization Few-body problem KS-regularization |
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