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N ‐Body Simulations of Galaxies and Groups of Galaxies with the Marseille GRAPE Systems
Author(s) -
ATHANASSOULA E.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11255.x
Subject(s) - physics , galaxy , astrophysics , galaxy group , galaxy formation and evolution , astronomy
I review the Marseille GRAPE systems and the N‐body simulations done with them. First I briefly describe the available hardware and software, their possibilities and their limitations. I then describe work done on interacting galaxies and groups of galaxies. This includes simulations of the formation of ring galaxies, simulations of bar destruction by a massive compact satellite, of merging in compact groups and of the formation of brightest members in clusters of galaxies.