The close-encounter force function
Abstract
An analysis of close stellar encounters is carried out. It is shown that asymptotically and for a strong attractive force, the Holtsmark (1919) distribution function may be replaced by a function having moments of all orders. A graph is given of close-encounter parameters and the force-function fitting point in typical stellar systems.
- Publication:
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Pisma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal
- Pub Date:
- August 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986PAZh...12..562P
- Keywords:
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- Distribution Functions;
- Encounters;
- Stellar Motions;
- Computational Astrophysics;
- Loads (Forces);
- Astrophysics