A non-variational approach to nonlinear stability in stellar dynamics applied to the king model

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 489-509

  Guo, Yan ^a   Rein, Gerhard ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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EID: 33847631256     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-007-0212-8     Document Type: Article

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