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astro-ph1996★ 97 cited
Evolution of Compact Groups of Galaxies I. Merging Rates
E. Athanassoula, J. Makino, A. Bosma
We discuss the merging rates in compact groups of 5 identical elliptical galaxies. All groups have the same mass and binding energy. We consider both cases with individual halos an…
astro-ph1996★ 40 cited
Time-Symmetrized Kustaanheimo-Stiefel Regularization
Y. Funato, P. Hut, S. McMillan +1
In this paper we describe a new algorithm for the long-term numerical integration of the two-body problem, in which two particles interact under a Newtonian gravitational potential…