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Dancing with Black Holes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2007

S. J. Aarseth
S. J. Aarseth*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK email: sverre@ast.cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

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We describe efforts over the last six years to implement regularization methods suitable for studying one or more interacting black holes by direct N-body simulations. Three different methods have been adapted to large-N systems: (i) Time-Transformed Leapfrog, (ii) Wheel-Spoke, and (iii) Algorithmic Regularization. These methods have been tried out with some success on GRAPE-type computers. Special emphasis has also been devoted to including post-Newtonian terms, with application to moderately massive black holes in stellar clusters. Some examples of simulations leading to coalescence by gravitational radiation will be presented to illustrate the practical usefulness of such methods.

Keywords

celestial mechanicsmethods: n-body simulations
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S246: Dynamical Evolution of Dense Stellar Systems , September 2007 , pp. 437 - 446
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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