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A few of Michel Henon's contributions to dynamical astronomy

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2014-11-20 v2

Abstract

This article reviews Michel Henon's contributions to a diverse set of problems in astrophysical dynamics, including violent relaxation, Saturn's rings, roundoff error in orbit integrations, and planet formation.

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@article{arxiv.1411.4938,
  title  = {A few of Michel Henon's contributions to dynamical astronomy},
  author = {Scott Tremaine},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.4938},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

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-_