Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-12-29
Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 125021
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
LaTex, 31 pages, 11 .ps figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.59.125021
The self-gravitating thermal gas (non-relativistic particles of mass m at temperature T) is exactly equivalent to a field theory with a single scalar field phi(x) and exponential self-interaction. We build up perturbation theory around a space dependent stationary point phi_0(r) in a finite size domain delta \leq r \leq R ,(delta << R), which is relevant for astrophysical applica- tions (interstellar medium,galaxy distributions).We compute the correlations of the gravitational potential (phi) and of the density and find that they scale; the latter scales as 1/r^2. A rich structure emerges in the two-point correl- tors from the phi fluctuations around phi_0(r). The n-point correlators are explicitly computed to the one-loop level.The relevant effective coupling turns out to be lambda=4 pi G m^2 / (T R). The renormalization group equations (RGE) for the n-point correlator are derived and the RG flow for the effective coupling lambda(tau) [tau = ln(R/delta), explicitly obtained.A novel dependence on tau emerges here.lambda(tau) vanishes each time tau approaches discrete values tau=tau_n = 2 pi n/sqrt7-0, n=0,1,2, ...Such RG infrared stable behavior [lambda(tau) decreasing with increasing tau] is here connected with low density self-similar fractal structures fitting one into another.For scales smaller than the points tau_n, ultraviolet unstable behaviour appears which we connect to Jeans' unstable behaviour, growing density and fragmentation. Remarkably, we get a hierarchy of scales and Jeans lengths following the geometric progression R_n=R_0 e^{2 pi n /sqrt7} = R_0 [10.749087...]^n . A hierarchy of this type is expected for non-spherical geometries,with a rate different from e^{2 n/sqrt7}.
Combes François
de Vega Hector J.
S'anchez N.
Semelin Benoit
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