Catastrophe theory and stellar systems
Abstract
The manifestation of a gravothermal catastrophe for a stellar system containing a massive central body is examined from the point of view of catastrophe theory. It is shown that the catastrophe of A2 type that holds for a system without a massive center persists in this case too and does not become a cusp. The catastrophe occurs at higher temperatures of the system and lower values of the density contrast.
- Publication:
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Astrofizika
- Pub Date:
- July 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987Afz....26..139G
- Keywords:
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- Catastrophe Theory;
- Computational Astrophysics;
- Stellar Systems;
- Black Holes (Astronomy);
- Dynamical Systems;
- High Temperature;
- Astrophysics