Dynamics of dense stellar systems
Subtitle: proceedings of a workshop held at the University of Toronto, May 27-28, 1988
By: edited by David Merritt.
Contributors: Merritt, David.; Dynamics of Dense Stellar Systems Workshop (1988 : University of Toronto)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Galactic nuclei -- Congresses.; Stars -- Globular clusters -- Congresses.
Description: This book stems from a conference held at the University of Toronto in May 1988. It includes 27 research papers covering rapidly rotating nuclei, dynamical and gravothermal instabilities and the evolution of relativistic star clusters. Four reviews summarize current knowledge.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Papers presented at the Dynamics of Dense Stellar Systems Workshop"--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Lauer, T. R.                    Cores and nuclear star clusters in galaxies; title: Illingworth, G. D.; Franx, M.   Kinematically distinct nuclei in ellipticals; title: Jedrzejewski, R. I.; Schecter, P. L.           Dynamical subsystems in elliptical galaxies; title: Kormendy, J.  Evidence for a Central Dark Mass in NGC4594 =   the Sombrero Galaxy; title: Tonry, J. L.                    Dynamics of the center of M32; title: Binney, J.; Petit, J.           Models of galactic nuclei; title: Richstone, D. O.                Constraining the central mass distributions  in M31 and M32; title: Gerhard, O. E.                  Nuclear kinematics in nearby galaxies -  Evidence for massive black holes?; title: Dejonghe, H.                    M87 revisited; title: Merritt, D.                     Stellar systems with negative temperatures