Variational method for stable polytropic galaxies (Q1971515)

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Variational method for stable polytropic galaxies
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    Variational method for stable polytropic galaxies (English)
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    7 June 2000
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    The author considers the problem of dynamical stability of polytropic galaxies under spherically and non-spherically symmetric perturbations. It is well known that the Vlasov-Poisson equations describing the mechanical state of a stellar system have global classical solution and a family of stationary solutions which depend on the particle energy. There are many investigations of stability of these stationary solutions. Recently it was shown via a dual variational method that the stationary solutions corresponding to polytropic galaxies are stable under symmetric perturbations. Here the author introduces a new compactness argument which allows to give a simple direct proof of dynamical stability of polytropic galaxies under sperically and non-spherically symmetric perturbations.
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    polytropic galaxies
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    spherically symmetric perturbations
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    dynamical stability
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    non-spherically symmetric perturbations
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    Vlasov-Poisson equations
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    stationary solutions
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    compactness
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