Integration methods where force is obtained from the smoothed gravitational field.

Abstract

Discussion of the possibilities to study the dynamics of collisionless stellar systems by condensing the large number of stars that such systems may contain into a smaller number of superparticles and using numerical or computer models to perform computer experiments simulating Vlasov phenomena by following the simultaneous motion of a large number of superparticles. A computer model for disks of stars and a two-dimensional rod model are considered.