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Special purpose computer for N-body problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

D. Sugimoto ,
T. Ebisuzaki ,
T. Ito  and
J. Marino
D. Sugimoto
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153, Japan
T. Ebisuzaki
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153, Japan
T. Ito
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153, Japan
J. Marino
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153, Japan

Abstract

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Backend processors for use in gravitational N-body problems were constructed. They are as cheap as a personal computer, yet their speed is comparable to a supercomputer. As an example we show some results of simulations which were done for the dynamical evolution of galaxies in a compact group.

Type
The LMC-SMC-Galaxy System
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 489 - 490
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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