The N-body technique has proved to be a powerful tool for investigating a diverse range of Astrophysical phenomenon from the formation and evolution of planetary systems, to the origin of galaxies and large scale structure of the universe. This workshop will bring together experts from many areas of astrophysics and mathematics who have a common interest in the N-body technique. We will begin with several introductory overview talks that will give the background for the rest of the workshop and present the scientific, algorithmic and hardware challenges faced by this community. Then the following topics will be discussed:
The emphases of this workshop are: 1) to illustrate the wide range of problems that can be addressed by the N-body technique, 2) to air the various approaches taken to handle the wide range of spatial and temporal scales arising in such problems, 3) to promote discussion of how codes necessarily adopting a limited value of N can be used to explore systems containing a far larger number of objects, and 4) to explore the most successful approaches for inclusion of physics other than gravitation.
Sverre Aarseth
(Cambridge University)
Willy Benz
(University of Bern)
Geoff Bryden
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Hugh Couchman
(McMaster University)
Piet Hut
(Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton)
Ben Leimkuhler
(University of Leicester,UK)
Joseph Monaghan
(Monash University, Australia)
Ben Moore, Chair
(University of Zurich)
Matthias Steinmetz
(Astrophysical Institute Potsdam)
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