Gravitational Thermodynamics

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1997-04-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9704286v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages, 5 included figures, Tex, uses psfig.tex. To appear in `Complexity', as part of the Proceedings of the Workshop on Fu

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The gravitational N-body problem, for $N>2$, is the oldest unsolved problem in mathematical physics. Some of the most ideal examples that can be found in nature are globular star clusters, with $N \sim 10^6$. In this overview, I discuss six types of fundamental sources of unpredictability, each of which poses a different challenge to attempts to determine the long-term behavior of these systems, governed by a peculiar type of thermodynamics.

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