bhint: High-precision integrator for stellar systems
Abstract
bhint is a post-Newtonian, high-precision integrator for stellar systems surrounding a super-massive black hole. The algorithm makes use of the fact that the Keplerian orbits in such a potential can be calculated directly and are only weakly perturbed. For a given average number of steps per orbit, bhint is almost a factor of 100 more accurate than the standard Hermite method.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics Source Code Library
- Pub Date:
- June 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012ascl.soft06005L
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- Software