Theory grad students read this:
Rainer put up a summary of the numerical methods discussion for globular cluster modeling on the program wiki
if you are doing any sort of collisional dynamics, or numerical modeling of collisional self-gravitating systems, you might find this useful
There is also a nice summary of the different order post-Newtonian approximations here
and some random selected subset of references - for those discussions where a number of papers came up or were requested
Rainer also put up a summary of special purpose hardware status;
specifically the GRAPES and uses of Graphical Processing Units and Field Programmable Gate Arrays for scientific simulations.
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Doug Natelson is thinking about fortuitous physics, inspired by some solid state examples:
Element: Rubidium (Rb)
Atomic Number: 37
Mass: two "stable" isotopes, 85 and 87 amu (rubidium-87 is technically radioactive, but it's half-life is 48 billion years, so it might as well be stable for atomic physics purposes.
last week of the globs workshop, so the pace is stepped up, with two talks this afternoon
Michele on dynamical evolution (video and podcast)
Element: Lithium (Li)
Atomic Number: 3
Mass: Two stable isotopes, masses 6 and 7 amu
Laser cooling wavelength: 671 nm
Doppler cooling limit: 140 μK.