Nonlinear stability of Newtonian galaxies and stars from a mathematical perspective

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1045, Issue , 2005, Pages 103-119

  Rein, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy Casimir method; Euler Poisson system; Nonlinear stability; Vlasov Poisson system

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSICS; STEADY STATE;

EID: 23644462106     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1350.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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