Are Gravothermal Oscillations Gravothermal?

Are Gravothermal Oscillations Gravothermal?

We examine critically the properties of the large-amplitude oscillations seen in Fokker-Planck simulations of globular clusters, with both continuous and stochastic binary heating, and compare them to the defining characteristics of gravothermal oscillations.

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Veröffentlicht in:Symposium - International Astronomical Union 1996, Vol.174, p.379-380
Hauptverfasser: McMillan, Stephen L. W., Engle, Kimberly A.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We examine critically the properties of the large-amplitude oscillations seen in Fokker-Planck simulations of globular clusters, with both continuous and stochastic binary heating, and compare them to the defining characteristics of gravothermal oscillations.
ISSN:0074-1809
DOI:10.1017/S0074180900001911