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Some formulae are presented for finding two-integral distribution functions (DFs) which depends only on the two classical integrals of the energy and the magnitude of the angular momentum with respect to the axis of symmetry for stellar…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-08-28 Zhenglu Jiang , Leonid Ossipkov

We show different expressions of distribution functions (DFs) which depend only on the two classical integrals of the energy and the magnitude of the angular momentum with respect to the axis of symmetry for stellar systems with known…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-25 Zhenglu Jiang , Leonid Ossipkov

We present new analytical distribution functions for anisotropic spherical galaxies. They have the density profiles of the gamma-models, which allow a wide range of central density slopes, and are widely used to fit elliptical galaxies and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Pieter Buyle , Chris Hunter , Herwig Dejonghe

A new potential is presented for spherical galaxies. The technique of the construction of our model is similar to that given by An and Evans. In a special case, its mass density becomes a special one of the Hernquist model. Another special…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-11 Zhenglu Jiang , Zanchen Zhuo

In the present paper we develop an algorithm for all spherically symmetric anisotropic charged fluid distribution. Considering a new source function $\nu(r)$ we find out a set of solutions which is physically well behaved and represent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-12 S. K. Maurya , Y. K. Gupta , Saibal Ray

We study a new class of equilibrium two-parametric distribution functions of spherical stellar systems with radially anisotropic velocity distribution of stars. The models are less singular counterparts of the so called generalized…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 E. V. Polyachenko , V. L. Polyachenko , I. G. Shukhman

In this paper, we present two simple approaches for deriving anisotropic distribution functions for a wide range of spherical models. The first method involves multiplying and dividing a basic augmented density with polynomials in $r$ and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-04-11 Manasvi Lingam , Phuc H. Nguyen

Context: The modelling of stationary galactic stellar populations can be performed using distribution functions. Aims: This paper aims to write explicit integrals of motion and distribution functions. Methods: We propose an analytic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-17 Olivier Bienayme

In this paper, the spacetime geometry of Finch and Skea [Class. Quantum Grav., 6 (1989) 467] has been utilized to obtain closed-form solutions for a spherically symmetric anisotropic matter distribution. By examining its physical…

General Physics · Physics 2017-11-23 Ranjan Sharma , Shyam Das , S. Thirukkanesh

We apply four different mass modelling methods to a suite of publicly available mock data for spherical stellar systems. We focus on the recovery of the density and velocity anisotropy as a function of radius, using either line-of-sight…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-02 J. I. Read , G. A. Mamon , E. Vasiliev , L. L. Watkins , M. G. Walker , J. Penarrubia , M. Wilkinson , W. Dehnen , P. Das

Recently, Theophilou (J. Chem.Phys {\bf 149} 074104 (2018)) showed that a set of spherically symmetric densities determines uniquely the external potential in molecules and solids. Here, spherically symmetric Kohn-Sham-like equations are…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 Ágnes Nagy , Kalevi Kokko , Jesse Huhtala , Torbjörn Björkman , Levente Vitos

We present preliminary results on a new family of distribution functions that are able to generate axisymmetric, truncated (i.e., finite size) stellar dynamical models characterized by toroidal shapes. The relevant distribution functions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Ciotti , G. Bertin , P. Londrillo

Galactic transport models for cosmic rays involve the diffusive motion of these particles in the interstellar medium. Due to the large-scale structured galactic magnetic field this diffusion is anisotropic with respect to the local field…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-07 Frederic Effenberger , Horst Fichtner , Klaus Scherer , Ingo Büsching

Dynamical properties of two-component galaxy models whose stellar density distribution is described by a gamma-model while the total density distribution has a pure r^(-2) profile, are presented. The orbital structure of the stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Luca Ciotti , Lucia Morganti , Tim de Zeeuw

If the augmented density of a spherical anisotropic system is assumed to be multiplicatively separable to functions of the potential and the radius, the radial function, which can be completely specified by the behavior of the anisotropy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-21 J. An

We present the derivation of distribution functions for the first four members of a family of disks, previously obtained in (MNRAS, 371, 1873, 2006), which represent a family of axially symmetric galaxy models with finite radius and well…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-07 Guillermo A. González , Juan F. Pedraza , Javier Ramos-Caro

We establish an algorithm that produces a new solution to the Einstein field equations, with an anisotropic matter distribution, from a given seed isotropic solution. The new solution is expressed in terms of integrals of known functions,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. D. Maharaj , M. Chaisi

In weakly collisional stellar systems such as some globular clusters, partial energy equipartition and mass segregation are expected to develop as a result of the cumulative effect of stellar encounters even in systems initially…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-12-04 Stefano Torniamenti , Giuseppe Bertin , Paolo Bianchini

The rotation dynamics of spiral galaxies is modeled using a sum of two mass distributions: a spherical bulge and a thin disk. The density functions representing these mass distributions are calculated from the total angular momentum of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-10-09 Louis Marmet

We calculate the distribution function of astronomical objects (like galaxies and/or smooth halos of different kinds) gravitational fields due to their tidal in- teraction. For that we apply the statistical method of Chandrasekhar (1943),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-23 Vladimir Stephanovich , Wlodzimierz Godlowski
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