Sverre Aarseth

Sverre Johannes Aarseth, (born 20 July 1934) is a research scientist at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge. Although retired, Aarseth is still an active researcher. He has dedicated his career to the development of N-body codes. He is the author of the NBODY family of codes, the current iteration is NBODY7.[1] His current areas of research include the effects of stellar evolution in N-body codes, the influence of black holes on stellar systems, the evolution of globular clusters, and the use of GPUs to increase the speed of his codes.

Sverre Aarseth
Born (1934-07-20) 20 July 1934
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forN-body dynamics
AwardsBrouwer Award (1998)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsInstitute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Doctoral studentsDouglas C. Heggie

Aarseth was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1986-87.[2] He was awarded the 1998 Brouwer Award for his work on advancing dynamical astronomy.[3] The asteroid 9836 Aarseth is named in his honour.

Outside of research, Aarseth's interests include mountaineering, trekking and wildlife.[4] He is also a keen chess player, and was awarded the title International Master for Correspondence in 1981.[5]

References
  1. Aarseth, A. J. (2012). "Mergers and ejections of black holes in globular clusters". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 422 (1): 841–848. arXiv:1202.4688. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.422..841A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20666.x.
  2. Institute for Advanced Study: A Community of Scholars
  3. "List of Brouwer Award Winners". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  4. "Sverre's Interests". Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  5. "International Correspondence Chess Federation International Masters" (PDF). International Correspondence Chess Federation. November 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
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