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MODEST Working Group 8:
Literature


There are a great many papers and a number of books concerning stellar clusters. The motivation of this working group is to produce and maintain a relatively concise list of references intended as a starting point for researchers new to the field (eg new grad students). We list books, review articles, papers and conference proceedings as appropiate.


NB page is under construction. Comments/input welcome.

Contact: Melvyn Davies

Books:

Where books are still in print, a link to the publisher is given.

Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters by Spitzer.

Galactic Dynamics by Binney & Tremaine.

Globular Cluster Systems by Ashman & Zepf.

The Gravitational Million-Body Problem by Heggie & Hut.

Gravitational N-Body Simulations by Aarseth.

The Astrophysics of Stellar Clusters by Davies (in preparation).

The Art of Computational Science by Hut & Makino.


Reviews:

Meylan & Heggie (1997) This is a good general introduction to dynamics within clusters.

Hut el al (1992) A review of the role of binaries in clusters.

Murray & Lin (1993) A review of the formation of globular clusters.

Clarke, Bonnell & Hillenbrand (2000) A review of the formation of stellar clusters.

Bailyn (1995) A review discussing the stellar contents of globular clusters.


Papers of specific topics:

Information to be added shortly.


Useful webpages:

Information to be added shortly.


Last Update: 2003-01-10