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# What is NEXT exactly?
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NEXT is an N-Body gravity code for astrophysics and such.
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NEXT is an N-Body gravity code for astrophysics and such missions.
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## What is Code / Astrophysics?
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## What is Code / Astrophysics, how is influentional to NEXT?
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Its a Computer program made in the low-level programming language C++ designed for running on workstations
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NEXT is a Computer program made in the low-level programming language C++ designed for running on workstations
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or supercomputers that simulates forces between objects called **"Newtonian Gravity"**
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## What does N-Body mean?
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**So, an "N-Body" simulation is just a way of calculating how "N" objects move under gravity when they all pull in at eachother in the same time.**
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## Whats the purpose of NEXT?
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## What's the purpose of NEXT?
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NEXT was made as an new simulation code written from **scratch**, to simulate interaction of bodies
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in short periods of compute time.
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NEXT was made as a new simulation code written from **scratch**, to simulate interaction of bodies
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in short compute times.
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## How is it efficient?
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The trick: **Barnes-Hut** instead of looking at each particle one-by-one NEXT scans the simulation and divides particles into groups
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NEXT, however doesnt use basic Barnes-Hut; it uses **Barnes-Hut With High Ordering Multipoles**, instead of treating it like a "big star", it adds extra detail using a **dipole, quadrupole, and higher terms** into the calculation, **adding shape and spread
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NEXT, however doesn't use basic Barnes-Hut; it uses **Barnes-Hut With High Ordering Multipoles**, instead of treating it like a "big star", it adds extra detail using a **dipole, quadrupole, and higher terms** into the calculation, **adding shape and spread
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preserving accuracy of the engine**
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That means that NEXT can simulate thousands (if not millions) particles at once interacting, while still being fast!

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