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Stellar Dynamics of Needles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Scott Tremaine  and
Tim de Zeeuw
Scott Tremaine
Affiliation:
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A1, Canada
Tim de Zeeuw
Affiliation:
The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

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One dimensional “needles” are a limiting case of general triaxial stellar systems. Self-consistent, finite needles can have arbitrary longitudinal density distributions but have a fixed, universal distribution function. All needles are stable to all longitudinal perturbations but neutral to transverse perturbations.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 127: Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 493 - 494
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Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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