An analytic approximation to the isothermal sphere

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 268-270

  Natarajan, Priyamvada ^a   Lynden Bell, Donald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics, stellar dynamics; Methods: analytical

Indexed keywords

ISOTHERMS; STARS;

ANALYTIC APPROXIMATION; CELESTIAL MECHANIC, STELLAR DYNAMIC; CELESTIAL MECHANICS; CORE RADIUS; DENSITY PROFILE; ISOTHERMAL SPHERES; LANE-EMDEN EQUATION; METHODS:ANALYTICAL; STELLAR DYNAMICS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0040843785     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/286.2.268     Document Type: Article

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