Gravitational Instability of a Nonrotating Galaxy
Conference
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OSTI ID:958058
Gravitational instability of the distribution of stars in a galaxy is a well-known phenomenon in astrophysics. This report is an attempt to analyze this phenomenon by applying standard tools developed in accelerator physics. It is found that a nonrotating galaxy would become unstable if its size exceeds a certain limit that depends on its mass density and its velocity spread.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 958058
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-13651; TRN: US1000434
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Invited talk at Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC 09), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 4-8 May 2009
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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