COMPUTER-SIMULATION OF 3-DIMENSIONAL STELLAR-SYSTEMS IN CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES

Abstract

The IV-body problem does not have an exact and analytic solution, and computer technique or computer simulation can be a good candidate to solve it. Computing speed in computer simulation is very important. There are many algorithms and computational methods in computer simulation which reduce computer time. In this report a computer simulation model in a cylindrical coordinate, in which the FACR (Fourier Analysis and Cyclic Reduction) method is used, has been proposed and demonstrated the presence of spiral, barred, and ringed galaxy. The method using a cylindrical grid has good symmetrical properties specially for rotating stellar systems.