Statistical mechanics and the gravothermal catastrophe
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Publication:3942644
DOI10.1063/1.524886zbMath0483.76091MaRDI QIDQ3942644
P. S. Cally, Joseph J. Monaghan
Publication date: 1981
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.524886
Jensen's inequality; thermodynamic stability; canonical partition function; nonspherical perturbations
76P05: Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics
82B26: Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics
82B30: Statistical thermodynamics
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