Stability of Collisionless Stellar Systems Mechanisms for the Dynamical Structure of Galaxies
Recent advances in our understanding of instabilities in galactic type systems have led to an unravelling of some of the mysteries of what determines the form galaxies take. This book focuses on the mathematical development of the subject, assuming no prior knowledge of it, with a strong emphasis on...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1994, 1994
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1994 |
| Series: | Astrophysics and Space Science Library
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Description of the Orbital Motions
- 3 General Perturbation Theory
- 4 Constructing Equilibrium Models
- 5 Non-Rotating Spherical Systems
- 6 Isotropic Systems
- 7 Anisotropic Spherical Systems
- 8 Spherical Systems with Rotation
- 9 Axisymmetric Systems
- 10 Numerical Modelling Techniques
- 11 Non-Linear Evolution and Endstates
- 12 Disc Galaxies
- A Setting up N Body Datasets
- A.1 Generalised Polytropes with a Central Point Mass
- B Spherical Harmonic Addition Theorem
- C Expansion of Spherical Harmonics in Orbital Parameters
- C.1 Orthogonality Relations
- D The Poisson Operator for Axisymmetric Discs
- D.1 The Poisson Operator for General Non-Axisymmetric Perturbations
- References