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HERMIT

(code to carry out N-body simulations)

HERMIT (latest version: HERMIT4) is code to carry out N-body simulations using a Hermite method (a numerical integration technique using Hermite interpolation). It was developed by Sverre Aarseth for planet dynamics, such as planetary migration through encounters and perturbations.


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Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermite_interpolation
https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~sverre/web/pages/nbody.htm
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991ApJ...369..200M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992PASJ...44..141M/abstract

Referenced by page:
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