Long-term relaxation of ${1D}$ self-gravitating systems
Statistical Mechanics
2023-08-11 v1 Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract
We investigate the long-term relaxation of one-dimensional () self-gravitating systems, using both kinetic theory and -body simulations. We consider thermal and Plummer equilibria, with and without collective effects. All combinations are found to be in clear agreement with respect to the Balescu-Lenard and Landau predictions for the diffusion coefficients. Interestingly, collective effects reduce the diffusion by a factor . The predicted flux for Plummer equilibrium matches the measured one, which is a remarkable validation of kinetic theory. We also report on a situation of quasi kinetic blocking for the same equilibrium.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2204.02834,
title = {Long-term relaxation of ${1D}$ self-gravitating systems},
author = {Mathieu Roule and Jean-Baptiste Fouvry and Christophe Pichon and Pierre-Henri Chavanis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.02834},
year = {2023}
}
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12 pages, 11 figures, submitted to APS