Gravitational Structure Formation
arXiv:astro-ph/0511655
Abstract
We discuss the formation of the first structures in gravitational N-body simulations. The role of two-body interaction is found to be a crucial element and an analogy with the dynamics of the Coulomb lattice, well-studied in solid state physics, is discussed.
Procedings of the conference "Few-Body Problem: Theory and Computer Simulations A Workshop in celebration of the 60th Birthday of Professor Mauri Valtonen. 5 pages, 1 postscript figure