Piet Hut

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Piet Hut is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Berkeley, University of Amsterdam, Princeton University, Utrecht University, Institute of Science Tokyo, University of Groningen

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PhD Physics University of Groningen

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According to Wikipedia, Piet Hut is a Dutch-American astrophysicist, who divides his time between research in computer simulations of dense stellar systems and broadly interdisciplinary collaborations, ranging from other fields in natural science to computer science, cognitive psychology and philosophy.

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A hierarchical O(N log N) force-calculation algorithm (1986) (3548)
Formation of massive black holes through runaway collisions in dense young star clusters (2004) (530)
Computer Simulation of Dynamic Phenomena (1999) (403)
Gravitational N-body Simulations (2008) (347)
HOP: A New Group-finding Algorithm for N-Body Simulations (1997) (336)
Dynamics of Star Clusters (1985) (317)
BINARIES IN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS (1992) (316)
Star cluster ecology-IV. Dissection of an open star cluster: photometry (2000) (304)
Use of Supercomputers in Stellar Dynamics (1986) (287)
Core radius and density measurements in N-body experiments Connections with theoretical and observational definitions (1985) (285)
The Equilibrium Tide Model for Tidal Friction (1998) (253)
Dynamical Formation of Close Binary Systems in Globular Clusters (2003) (245)
Missing Link Found? The “Runaway” Path to Supermassive Black Holes (2001) (238)
Binary-single star scattering. I: Numerical experiments for equal masses (1983) (238)
Extinction of species by periodic comet showers (1984) (229)
Comet showers as a cause of mass extinctions (1987) (227)
Stellar black holes in globular clusters (1993) (204)
Tidal evolution in close binary systems (1981) (194)
Building a better leapfrog (1995) (184)
Limits on masses and number of neutral weakly interacting particles (1977) (152)
A Dynamical Model for the Globular Cluster G1 (2003) (131)
On the Central Structure of M15 (2002) (129)
Dynamical Formation of Close Binaries in Globular Clusters: Cataclysmic Variables (2006) (122)
On the evolution of globular cluster systems. I - Present characteristics and rate of destruction in our Galaxy (1988) (119)
Merger Rate of Equal-Mass Spherical Galaxies (1996) (114)
Which Globular Clusters Contain Intermediate-Mass Black Holes? (2004) (114)
The Ecology of Star Clusters and Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in the Galactic Bulge (2005) (108)
The Lives and Deaths of Star Clusters near the Galactic Center (2001) (104)
A Multiphysics and Multiscale Software Environment for Modeling Astrophysical Systems (2008) (104)
BOOK REVIEW: The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Star Cluster Dynamics (2003) (103)
Error Analysis of a Tree Code (1989) (100)
Dynamical Instabilities in Spherical Stellar Systems (1985) (91)
On the exponential instability of N-body systems (1993) (90)
Binary--Single-Star Scattering. VII. Hard Binary Exchange Cross Sections for Arbitrary Mass Ratios: Numerical Results and Semianalytic FITS (1996) (90)
Maximum mass of objects that constitute unseen disk material (1985) (87)
The formation of Kuiper-belt binaries through exchange reactions (2004) (85)
Dynamical evolution of star clusters - confrontation of theory and observations : proceedings of the 174th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Tokyo, Japan, August 22-25, 1995 (1996) (75)
Charged black holes and phase transitions (1977) (72)
Long‐term evolution of isolated N‐body systems (2002) (72)
Star clusters with primordial binaries – III. Dynamical interaction between binaries and an intermediate-mass black hole (2006) (72)
Star clusters with primordial binaries – I. Dynamical evolution of isolated models (2006) (66)
Binary-single star scattering. II: Analytic approximations for high velocity (1983) (64)
Primordial binaries and globular cluster evolution (1989) (64)
Binary--Single-Star Scattering. VI. Automatic Determination of Interaction Cross Sections (1996) (64)
Star clusters with primordial binaries ¿ II. Dynamical evolution of models in a tidal field (2006) (63)
Binary-single-star scattering. V: Steady state binary distribution in a homogeneous static background of single stars (1993) (62)
Star cluster evolution with primordial binaries. I. A comparative study (1990) (61)
The Evolution of a primordial binary population in a globular cluster (1992) (58)
HAVE INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS DISRUPTED THE OORT COMET CLOUD (1985) (54)
Binary-single-star scattering. IV - Analytic approximations and fitting formulae for cross sections and reaction rates (1993) (54)
Star cluster evolution with primordial binaries. II, Detailed analysis (1991) (51)
Binaries as a heat source in stellar dynamics: release of binding energy (1983) (50)
Performance analysis of direct N-body calculations (1988) (50)
Binary-single-star scattering. III: Numerical experiments for equal-mass hard binaries (1993) (50)
How Many Young Star Clusters Exist in the Galactic Center? (2000) (49)
A Strategy for Origins of Life Research (2015) (47)
Effects of encounters with field stars on the evolution of low-mass semidetached binaries (1984) (45)
Performance Tuning of N-Body Codes on Modern Microprocessors: I. Direct Integration with a Hermite Scheme on x86_64 Architecture (2005) (44)
White dwarfs and neutron stars in globular cluster X-ray sources (1983) (44)
Stability of tidal equilibrium (1980) (41)
How stable is our vacuum? (1983) (40)
Hard binary-single star scattering cross sections for equal masses (1984) (40)
Gravothermal oscillations after core collapse in globular cluster evolution (1989) (39)
Astrophysical Supercomputing using Particle Simulations (2003) (39)
Globular cluster evolution with finite-size stars - Cross sections and reaction rates (1985) (36)
Star cluster ecology III: Runaway collisions in young compact star clusters (1998) (36)
Can a neutrino-dominated Universe be rejected? (1984) (36)
MODEST-1: Integrating stellar evolution and stellar dynamics (2002) (36)
The Core Radius of a Star Cluster Containing a Massive Black Hole (2006) (35)
Constraints on massive black holes as dark matter candidates (1992) (35)
How stable is an astronomical clock that can trigger mass extinctions on Earth? (1984) (35)
Parameters of core collapse (2003) (34)
A cosmological upper limit on the mass of heavy neutrinos (1979) (34)
Discreteness Noise versus Force Errors in N-Body Simulations: Erratum (1993) (33)
Virtual Laboratories (2006) (32)
MODEST-2: a summary (2003) (32)
The Globular Cluster Population of X-Ray Binaries (1987) (32)
Time-Symmetrized Kustaanheimo-Stiefel Regularization (1996) (32)
Star cluster evolution with primordial binaries. 3: Effect of the Galactic tidal field (1994) (31)
Structure of surfaces of section (1985) (31)
Threat Mitigation: The Gravity Tractor (2006) (30)
Turning the "hard problem" upside-down and sideways (1996) (30)
On Math, Matter and Mind (2005) (30)
AstroSim: Collaborative Visualization of an Astrophysics Simulation in Second Life (2009) (30)
The topology of three-body scattering. (1983) (28)
Exploring the Use of Virtual Worlds as a Scientific Research Platform: The Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA) (2009) (28)
Binary-binary interactions and the formation of the PSR B1620-26 triple system in M4 (1994) (27)
A time-symmetric block time-step algorithm for N-body simulations (2006) (26)
N-body simulations (gravitational) (2008) (25)
Global space-time effects on first-order phase transitions from grand unification (1981) (23)
Virtual Laboratories and Virtual Worlds (2007) (22)
Is there life after core collapse in globular clusters (1984) (20)
A constraint on the distance dependence of the gravitational constant (1981) (20)
Avatars Are For Real: Virtual Communities and Public Spheres (2008) (20)
Binary Formation and Interactions with Field Stars (1985) (20)
Advanced computing for science (1987) (19)
The Role of Binaries in the Dynamical Evolution of the Core of a Globular Cluster (1996) (19)
Bottlenecks in simulations of dense stellar systems (1990) (18)
Gravitational N-body algorithms: A comparison between supercomputers and a highly parallel computer (1989) (18)
Hidden Concepts in the History and Philosophy of Origins-of-Life Studies: a Workshop Report (2019) (18)
Rates of collapse and evaporation of globular clusters (1992) (17)
The Astroids Tugboat (2003) (17)
The onset of gravothermal oscillations in globular cluster evolution (1994) (17)
Modelling the evolution of globular star clusters (1988) (17)
Star cluster ecology – V. Dissection of an open star cluster: spectroscopy (2003) (17)
An Experiment in Using Virtual Worlds for Scientific Visualization of Self-Gravitating Systems (2009) (16)
Unexpected formation modes of the first hard binary in core collapse (2011) (15)
Direct N-body Simulations (2006) (14)
The asteroid tugboat. (2003) (13)
Is It Safe to Disturb the Vacuum (1984) (12)
Dark Matter in Globular Clusters (1995) (12)
Predictions for triple stars with and without a pulsar in star clusters (2007) (10)
Round-off sensitivity in the N -body problem (1986) (10)
Orbital Divergence and Relaxation in the Gravitational N-Body Problem (2001) (10)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: MICROPHYSICS: N = 2 (2003) (9)
High-performance special-purpose computers in science (1998) (9)
ON THE DISSOLUTION OF EVOLVING STAR CLUSTERS (1998) (9)
A post-core-collapse model for the nucleus of M33 (1991) (8)
Uniformitarianism and the response of Earth scientists to the theory of impact crises. (1989) (8)
The MICA Experiment: Astrophysics in Virtual Worlds (2013) (8)
Dense stellar systems as laboratories for fundamental physics (2006) (8)
The Use of Supercomputers in Stellar Dynamics: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, Usa, June 2-4, 1986 (1986) (7)
A phenomenological triple star scenario for SS 433 (1986) (7)
The Starlab Environment for Dense Stellar Systems (2002) (7)
On Limits (2001) (7)
Threat Characterization: Trajectory Dynamics (2006) (6)
Star cluster ecology. II. Binary evolution with single-star encounters (1997) (6)
Astrophysical supercomputing using particle simulations : proceedings of the 208th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Tokyo, Japan, 10-13 July 2001 (2003) (6)
Smooth particle hydrodynamics: Models, applications, and enabling technologies (1997) (6)
The Role of Binaries in the Dynamical Evolution of Globular Clusters (1996) (6)
PSDF: Particle Stream Data Format for N-body simulations (2012) (5)
STAR CLUSTER ECOLOGY (2003) (5)
Varieties of limits to scientific knowledge (1998) (5)
Few-body modes of binary formation in core collapse (2012) (5)
Erratum - Tidal Evolution in Close Binary Systems for High Eccentricity (1982) (5)
Time Symmetrization Meta-Algorithms (1997) (5)
Threat Mitigation: The Asteroid Tugboat (2006) (5)
Cosmological tests of general relativity (1977) (5)
Terrestrial catastrophism: Nemesis or galaxy? (1985) (5)
Immersive 4-D Interactive Visualization of Large-Scale Simulations (2001) (4)
The formation rate of low-mass X-ray binaries in globular clusters (1991) (4)
NEMO: A Stellar Dynamics Toolbox (2010) (4)
On core collapse (1991) (4)
Runaway Collisions in Star Clusters (2000) (4)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: A Simple N -Body Integrator (2003) (4)
Atomic and Molecular Gas Around 4 High Z Open Clusters (1990) (4)
Modeling Dense Stellar Systems (2007) (4)
Elements of reality: A dialogue (1997) (4)
Complexity and functionality: a search for the where, the when, and the how (2000) (4)
GRAPE-6: A Petaflops Prototype (1997) (4)
New Directions in Globular Cluster Modeling (1992) (4)
Starlab: A Software Environment for Collisional Stellar Dynamics (2010) (3)
The Two-Body Problem with a Decreasing Gravitational Constant (1976) (3)
Dynamical Evolution of Cometary Showers (1985) (3)
Joint Discussion 6 Neutron stars and black holes in star clusters (2006) (3)
Three-Body Affairs in the Outer Solar System (2005) (3)
Gravitational thermodynamics (1997) (3)
Baryon number creation and phase transitions in the early universe (1982) (3)
Evolution of the solar system in the presence of a solar companion star. (1986) (3)
Immersive 4D Interactive Visualization of Large-Scale Simulations (2001) (2)
Star Cluster Evolution with Primordial Binaries (1989) (2)
Dynamics of Cometary Showers (1986) (2)
Theory in a Virtual Observatory (2001) (2)
Black Holes in Massive Star Clusters (2004) (2)
The Three-Body Problem in Stellar Dynamics (1984) (2)
MICA: The Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics (2009) (2)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: Star Cluster Evolution (2003) (2)
Blue Stragglers as Tracers of Globular Cluster Evolution (1993) (2)
Cometary showers and unseen solar companions (reply) (1984) (2)
An Environment for Experiments in Stellar Dynamics (1988) (1)
Fundamental Timescales in Star Cluster Evolution (1989) (1)
Simulating Open Star Clusters (2001) (1)
HOP: A Group-finding Algorithm for N-body Simulations (2011) (1)
The Role of Stellar Evolution, Galactic Tides, and a Stellar Mass Spectrum on Globular Cluster Evolution (1988) (1)
Visualization of N-body Simulations in Virtual Worlds (2010) (1)
Immersive Virtual Reality Technologies as a New Platform for Science, Scholarship, and Education (2010) (1)
A New Time-Symmetric Block Time-Step Algorithm for N-Body Simulations (2005) (1)
Double Craters on the Earth and Planets: Evidence for Binary Asteroids and Comets (1985) (1)
Dynamics and Binary (Trans)formation in Globular Clusters (1996) (1)
Binaries in Star Clusters (2003) (1)
Kuiper-belt Binary Formation through Exchange Reactions (2003) (1)
Star Passages Through the Oort Cloud: Inititation of Cometary Showers (1986) (1)
I. A cluster core with encounters between single stars (1997) (1)
Three-Body Interactions and Cataclysmic Binaries in Globular Clusters (1985) (1)
Computational Physics Introduction (2003) (1)
Two-Body Relaxation (2003) (1)
Panel Discussion on Observing Simulations and Simulating Observations (2001) (1)
Large scale calculations of core oscillations in globular clusters (1986) (1)
Exchange Cross Sections For Hard Binaries (1996) (1)
Relaxation in Small N-Body Systems (1988) (1)
Virtual Laboratories(Frontiers of Quantum Physics) (2006) (1)
The Haiku and the Double Helix ‐ Fall 2004 (2008) (0)
The Galactic center welcomes black hole immigrants (2005) (0)
The Effects of a Mass Spectrum on Post-Collapse Evolution of Globular Clusters (1989) (0)
Editorial (1997) (0)
A laboratory for gravitational scattering experiments (1988) (0)
Star cluster ecology I: collisions between single stars (1997) (0)
Some problems in classical mechanics and relativistic astrophysics (1981) (0)
Exploring Actuality through Experiment and Experience (2007) (0)
Some Equilibrium Models (2003) (0)
Star cluster ecology II: Collisions between single stars and binaries (1997) (0)
Predictions for Triple Stars and Pulsar Triples in Star Clusters (2007) (0)
Internal Mass Loss (2003) (0)
Gravitational Burning and Transmutation (2003) (0)
DIVISION A COMMISSION 7: CELESTIAL MECHANICS AND DYNAMICAL ASTRONOMY (2015) (0)
Long-Term Evolution of Cores of Globular Clusters after Core Collapse (1988) (0)
Theoretical Physics Introduction (2003) (0)
The Role of Binaries in Globular Cluster Evolution (1986) (0)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: From Kepler to Kustaanheimo (2003) (0)
Why Life? Origins of Life Elsewhere in the Universe (2013) (0)
Escape and Mass Segregation (2003) (0)
The GRAPE-4, a Teraflops Stellar Dynamics Computer (1997) (0)
Stellar and Dynamical Evolution (2003) (0)
GRAVITATIONAL SCATTERING: N = 3 (2003) (0)
Book Review: Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics. By Gerald J. Sussman and Jack Wisdom, with Meinhard E. Mayer. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001, xvii+534 pp., $60.00 (hardcover). ISBN 0-262-019455-4 (2002) (0)
MODEST: modeling stellar evolution and (hydro)dynamics (2003) (0)
Dynamics of star clusters : proceedings of the 113th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A., 29 May-1 June, 1984 (1985) (0)
Background and Summary of JD06 (2006) (0)
MAGNETIC BRAKING AND TIDAL ENERGY DISSIPATION IN CLOSE BINARIES (1983) (0)
PRIMORDIAL BINARIES: N = 4 (2003) (0)
Destruction mechanisms for the globular clusters in the milky way (1987) (0)
Dark Halos in Globular Clusters (1993) (0)
An upper limit for the neutrino mass and its astrophysical consequences (1980) (0)
GRAVOTHERMODYNAMICS: N = 106 (2003) (0)
MEAN FIELD DYNAMICS: N = 106 (2003) (0)
2 On the central structure of M 15 (0)
Achieving Closure in Enzymes in Artificial Chemistries (2015) (0)
Test of the Accuracy of Approximate Methods to Handle Distant Binary-Single Star Encounters (2007) (0)
THE CONTINUUM LIMIT: N → ∞ (2003) (0)
Core oscillations in globular cluster evolution - Recent results (1991) (0)
Binary Star Evolution and Blue Stragglers (2003) (0)
The Radial Distribution of Binaries in Globular Clusters (1990) (0)
Stellar Dynamics of Dense Stellar Systems (1998) (0)
A Vision: Dealing with Dense Stellar Systems (2007) (0)
Heavy Right-Handed Neutrinos and the Early Universe (1981) (0)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: Exponential Orbit Instability (2003) (0)
Building a better leapfrog. [an algorithm for ensuring time symmetry in any integration scheme] (1995) (0)
Book Review: Astrophysical supercomputing using particle simulations / Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2003 (2004) (0)
00 12 23 7 v 1 1 1 D ec 2 00 0 Runaway collisions in star clusters (2000) (0)
Rates of Collisions and Exchange Reactions in Globular Clusters (1995) (0)
Modeling dense stellar systems: background (2006) (0)
Galaxies in the connection machine (1988) (0)
Triple Formation and Evolution (2003) (0)
Surviving Core Collapse (2003) (0)
The Close Binary Population of Globular Clusters Revealed by Chandra (2002) (0)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: Collisions and Capture (2003) (0)
Core Collapse Rate for Star Clusters (2003) (0)
On toolboxes and telescopes (1986) (0)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: Laboratory Experiments (2003) (0)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: Mathematical Three-Body Scattering (2003) (0)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: Gravothermal Oscillations (2003) (0)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: A Non-Renewable Energy Source (2003) (0)
Headon-Collisions Between Plummer Models (1990) (0)
Book-Review - Dynamics of Star Clusters (1985) (0)
Motion in a Central Potential (2003) (0)
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: POST-COLLAPSE EVOLUTION: N = 106 (2003) (0)
Hints to Solution of Problems (2003) (0)
T HE GLOBULAR CLUSTER POPULATION OF X-RAY BINARIES (2015) (0)

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