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An introduction to NEMO: Glossary

Key Points

Introducing NEMO
  • Stellar Dynamics

  • the N-body problem

  • NEMO

Loading NEMO in your Unix Shell
  • Getting started with NEMO

Installing NEMO
  • Installing NEMO

  • Updating NEMO

NEMO's command line interface (CLI)
  • Run a NEMO command

  • Get help from a NEMO command

Files and Pipes
  • File Types

  • Unix pipes

Glossary

A more expanded glossary is also maintained with the NEMO manual glossary.

image
a 2D or 3D grid of values
orbit
for a given particle a time series of various body variables
potential descriptor
on the CLI the triple {potname=,potpars=,potfile=} keywords that describes an analytical potential
snapshot
at a given time a list of various body variables (mass, position, velocity, energy etc.)