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Collisional Processes in Stellar Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Ira H. Gilbert
Ira H. Gilbert*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass. 02154, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The theory of collisional relaxation in stellar systems is discussed in terms of an expansion in powers of 1/N, the inverse of the total number of stars. The results are expressed in terms of the concept of gravitational polarization.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 10: Gravitational N-Body Problem , November 1971 , pp. 3 - 10
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971