Testing the stability of stellar systems
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- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 221 (1) , 13P-17P
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/221.1.13p
Abstract
We describe a quick and flexible method, based on the adiabatic deformation of initial equilibrium models, for testing the stability of stellar systems. In a worked example, the method is used to study non-radial instabilities in a family of anisotropic isochrone spheres.Keywords
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