Numerical self-consistent stellar models of thin disks

Details Numerical self-consistent stellar models of thin disks Numerical self-consistent stellar models of thin disks

2005-05-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505268v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 9 figures, version accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20053176

We find a numerical self-consistent stellar model by finding the distribution function of a thin disk that satisfies simultaneously the Fokker-Planck and Poisson equations. The solution of the Fokker-Planck equation is found by a direct numerical solver using finite differences and a variation of Stone's method. The collision term in the Fokker-Planck equation is found using the local approximation and the Rosenbluth potentials. The resulting diffusion coefficients are explicitly evaluated using a Maxwellian distribution for the field stars. As a paradigmatic example, we apply the numerical formalism to find the distribution function of a Kuzmin-Toomre thin disk. This example is studied in some detail showing that the method applies to a large family of actual galaxies.

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