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Title: On the dynamical evolution of a spheroidal cluster
Authors: Sunder, G. S
Kochhar, R. K
Keywords: Galactic Clusters
Galactic Evolution
Mass Distribution
Spheroids
Star Clusters
Tensor Analysis
Celestial Mechanics
Dynamic Models
Energy Budgets
Velocity Distribution
Virial Coefficients
Issue Date: Mar-1985
Publisher: The Royal Astronomical Society
Citation: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 213, No. 2, pp. 381 - 388
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.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3789
ISSN: 0035-8711
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