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Are Gravothermal Oscillations Gravothermal?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Stephen L. W. McMillan  and
Kimberly A. Engle
Stephen L. W. McMillan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A.
Kimberly A. Engle
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, U.S.A.

Abstract

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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.

Type
Stellar Dynamics, Models
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 174: Dynamical Evolution of Stars Clusters , 1996 , pp. 379 - 380
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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