N-Body Units
This small page is devoted to the system of units in common use in
collisional N-body simulations in astrophysics. The main
bibliographic reference is in
ADS but the paper itself can be hard to
find. Here are images of the original paper:
- p.233,p.234,p.235 (.pbm, 2.5M each)
- p.233,p.234,p.235 (.pdf, 500-900K each)
- p.233,p.234,p.235 (.gif, 180K each; may require scrolling
on a browser)
Here is a reconstructed text file (8K).
There is also a
wikipedia
explanation and brief history.