Numerical stability of a family of osipkov-merritt models

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 490, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 136-142

  Meza, Andrés ^a   Zamorano, Nelson ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

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Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Instabilities; Methods: numerical

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EID: 21944454578     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304864     Document Type: Article

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