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The relaxation time in spherical galaxy simulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

P. M. S. Namboodiri
P. M. S. Namboodiri*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 560034 India

Abstract

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The relaxation time of a spherical galaxy with various density distributions has been evaluated using numerical simulations. The results indicate that the relaxation time is weakly dependent on the density of the galaxies in these simulations.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 208: Astrophysical Supercomputing using Particle Simulations , 2003 , pp. 433 - 434
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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