Stable Models of Elliptical Galaxies

DOI10.1046/J.1365-8711.2003.06920.XarXivastro-ph/0203274WikidataQ68703829 ScholiaQ68703829MaRDI QIDQ6465665FDOQ6465665

Authors: Yan Guo, Gerhard Rein 

Publication date: 18 March 2002

Abstract: We construct stable axially symmetric models of elliptical galaxies. The particle density on phase space for these models depends monotonically on the particle energy and on the third component of the angular momentum. They are obtained as minimizers of suitably defined energy-Casimir functionals, and this implies their nonlinear stability. Since our analysis proceeds from a rigorous but purely mathematical point of view it should be interesting to determine if any of our models match observational data in astrophysics. The main purpose of these notes is to initiate some exchange of information between the astrophysics and the mathematics communities.

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