The relaxation time of stellar systems

Details The relaxation time of stellar systems The relaxation time of stellar systems

Apr 1984

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 133, no. 2, April 1984, p. 412-414.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Celestial Mechanics, Relaxation Time, Stellar Motions, Stellar Systems, Mass Ratios, Plasma Dynamics, Star Clusters, Velocity Distribution

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Within Newtonian gravitation theory, the present calculations in an inertial frame of the mean energy exchange of an average star belonging to a group of stars will yield simple results in a closed form. The results are without difficulty applicable to any velocity and mass ratios of interacting stars. Because the idealized equation for relaxation time cannot properly take into account the actual conditions of a star cluster, including evolutionary effects, the results obtained are only useful for order-of-magnitude estimates.

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