Michel Henon's contributions to collisional stellar systems
arXiv:1411.4936
Abstract
The theory of star cluster dynamics was a major topic in Hénon's early research career. Here we summarise his contributions under three headings: (i) the Monte Carlo method, (ii) homological evolution of star clusters, and (iii) escape from star clusters. In each case we also trace some aspects of how Hénon's contributions have been developed or applied in subsequent decades up to the present. We also propose that Hénon's work be commemorated by adopting the names "Hénon units" and "Hénon's Principle".
Invited talk at the "hommage a Michel Henon" conference held at the "Institut Henri Poincare" Paris, GRAVASCO trimestre, autumn 2013. Proceeding by Hermann Press, editors: Jean-Michel Alimi, Roya Mohayaee, Jerome Perez. Videos of all talks are available at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9kd4mpdvWcBLrN8u04IZW6-akNgLG7-_ Improved abstract and two figures in this version