title: Core collapse via coarse dynamic renormalization.
abstract: In the context of the recently developed "equation-free" approach to computer-assisted analysis of complex systems, we extract the self-similar solution describing core collapse of a stellar system from numerical experiments. The technique allows us to sidestep the core "bounce" that occurs in direct N-body simulations due to the small-N correlations that develop in the late stages of collapse, and hence to follow the evolution well into the self-similar regime.
authors.affiliation: Rochester Institute of Technology, 54 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, New York 14623, USA.
authors.forename: Andras
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szell
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Merritt
authors.forename: Ioannis G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Kevrekidis