Statistical mechanics of a collisionless system based on the maximum entropy principle

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 531, Issue 2 PART 1, 2000, Pages 739-743

  Nakamura, Tadas K ^a  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Evolution; Galaxies: Kinematics and dynamics; Plasmas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010468357     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/308484     Document Type: Article

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