Power Law Stellar Distributions

Details Power Law Stellar Distributions Power Law Stellar Distributions

2004-06-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0406404v1

Physica A350:303-314,2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

16 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physa.2004.10.042

The density profiles and other quantities of physical interest for spherically symmetric systems are computed by assuming that a collisionless stellar gas may relax to the non-Gaussian power law distribution suggested by the nonextensive kinetic theory. There are two different classes of solutions. The first class behaves like a subset of the polytropic Lane-Emden spheres, whereas the second one corresponds to a transition between two different polytropic indices. Unlike the isothermal Maxwellian sphere, the total mass and sizes of both classes are finite for a large range of the nonextensive q-parameter.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Power Law Stellar Distributions does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Power Law Stellar Distributions, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Power Law Stellar Distributions will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-177594