Entropy Maximization, Cutoff Distribution, and Finite Stellar Masses

Conventional equilibrium statistical mechanics of open gravitational systems is known to be problematical. We first recall that spherical stars/galaxies acquire unbounded radii, become infinitely massive, and evaporate away continuously if one uses the standard Maxwellian distribution fB (which max...

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Main Authors: Ritesh Kumar Dubey, V. J. Menon, M. K. Pandey, D. N. Tripathi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/870804
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