On the dynamical evolution of a spheroidal cluster

dc.contributor.author	Sunder, G. S
dc.contributor.author	Kochhar, R. K
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-22T16:44:54Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-22T16:44:54Z
dc.date.issued	1985-03
dc.identifier.citation	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 213, No. 2, pp. 381 - 388	en
dc.identifier.issn	0035-8711
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3789
dc.description.abstract	Tensor virial equations are used to investigate the dynamical evolution of a cluster of mass points characterized by a spheroidal (homogeneous or heterogeneous) distribution of matter and an isotropic distribution of velocities. It is known that if the total energy of the system is positive, it will disperse to infinity. The authors show that in the case of negative total energy, the system executes finite amplitude oscillations between oblate and prolate shapes.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	The Royal Astronomical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://ads.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/abs/1985MNRAS.213..381S	en
dc.subject	Galactic Clusters	en
dc.subject	Galactic Evolution	en
dc.subject	Mass Distribution	en
dc.subject	Spheroids	en
dc.subject	Star Clusters	en
dc.subject	Tensor Analysis	en
dc.subject	Celestial Mechanics	en
dc.subject	Dynamic Models	en
dc.subject	Energy Budgets	en
dc.subject	Velocity Distribution	en
dc.subject	Virial Coefficients	en
dc.title	On the dynamical evolution of a spheroidal cluster	en
dc.type	Article	en