Self-consistent axisymmetric Sridhar-Touma models
Abstract
We construct phase-space distribution functions for the oblate, cuspy mass models of Sridhar & Touma, which may contain a central point mass (black hole) and have potentials of St\"ackel form in parabolic coordinates. The density in the ST models is proportional to a power of the radius, with . We derive distribution functions for the scale-free ST models (no black hole) using a power series of the energy and the component of the angular momentum parallel to the symmetry axis. We use the contour integral method of Hunter & Qian to construct for ST models with central black holes, and employ the scheme introduced by Dejonghe & de Zeeuw to derive more general distribution functions which depend on , and the exact third integral . We find that self-consistent two- and three-integral distribution functions exist for all values .
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0108202,
title = {Self-consistent axisymmetric Sridhar-Touma models},
author = {Mir Abbas Jalali and P. Tim de Zeeuw},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0108202},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 11 Figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS