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A laboratory for experimenting with small astrophysical N-body simulations,
using a desktop GRAPE-6a supercomputer.

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Example Animations from the NBodyLab Adaptation of NBODY4

Please wait for Java and the sample applets to load... it may take about a minute the first time.

To learn how create these simulations, read Aarseth's introduction to NBODY4.

Single Plummer model                 Two Plummer models in orbit       Perturber and planetesimal disk


Start/stop animation: Double click in each plot display area to start/stop.
Note the small frame (time) identifier at the top.

Rotate: Left-click and drag.
Zoom in/out: Left-click while holding the shift key and drag vertically.

Control animation speed/direction: Right-click and drag horizontally.
(Mac: hold down Apple key while dragging horizontally.)

Reset: Reload browser window for original view


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