Thermodynamic description of a family of partially relaxed stellar systems

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 584, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 729-734

  Bertin, G ^a   Trenti, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: structure; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038233073     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345889     Document Type: Article

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