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Density functional theory (DFT) is a powerful theoretical tool widely used in such diverse fields as computational condensed matter physics, atomic physics, and quantum chemistry. DFT establishes that a system of $N$ interacting electrons…

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A theory of collisionless fluids is developed in a unified picture, where nonrotating figures with anisotropic random velocity component distributions and rotating figures with isotropic random velocity component distributions, make…

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A general method is presented for constructing distribution functions for flat systems whose surface density and Toomre's Q number profile is given. The purpose of these functions is to provide plausible galactic models and assess their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Pichon , D. Lynden-Bell

A model one-dimensional self consistent steady state collisionless self-gravitating system in which all the particles have the same energy is presented. This has the remarkable property that the position and velocity of the particles…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-07 Rajaram Nityananda

In this paper, we present our conclusions from the numerical study of the collapse of a destabilized collisionless stellar system. We use both direct integration of the Vlasov-Poisson equations and an N-body tree code to obtain our results,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Thomas E. C. Merrall , Richard N. Henriksen

Non-Maxwellian electron velocity space distribution functions (EVDF) are useful signatures of plasma conditions and non-local consequences of collisionless magnetic reconnection. In the past, EVDFs were obtained mainly for antiparallel…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-10-07 P. A. Muñoz , J. Büchner

This paper studies the scale and redshift variation of density and velocity distributions in self-gravitating collisionless dark matter flow by a halo-based non-projection approach. All particles are divided into halo and out-of-halo…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-28 Zhijie Xu

We conduct numerical experiments to determine the density probability distribution function (PDF) produced in supersonic, isothermal, self-gravitating turbulence of the sort that is ubiquitous in star-forming molecular clouds. Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-10 Shivan Khullar , Christoph Federrath , Mark R. Krumholz , Christopher D. Matzner

We propose a new numerical technique for following the evolution of a self-gravitating collisionless system in general relativity. Matter is modeled as a scalar field obeying the coupled Klein-Gordon and Einstein equations. A phase space…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Lawrence M. Widrow

Using a generalized self-similar secondary infall model, which accounts for tidal torques acting on the halo, we analyze the velocity profiles of halos in order to gain intuition for N-body simulation results. We analytically calculate the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-23 Phillip Zukin , Edmund Bertschinger

We study the velocity distribution in spherical collapses and cluster-pair collisions by use of N-body simulations. Reflecting the violent gravitational processes, the velocity distribution of the resultant quasi-stationary state generally…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 O. Iguchi , Y. Sota , T. Tatekawa , A. Nakamichi , M. Morikawa

The collisionless quasi-equilibrium state realized after the cold collapse of self-gravitating systems has two remarkable characters. One of them is the linear temperature-mass (TM) relation, which yields a characteristic non-Gaussian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Sota , O. Iguchi , M. Morikawa , A. Nakamichi

Placed slightly out of dynamical equilibrium, an isolated stellar system quickly returns towards a steady virialized state. We study this process of collisionless relaxation using the matrix method of linear response theory. We show that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-04 Simon Rozier , Raphaël Errani

A multispecies, collisionless plasma is modeled by the Vlasov-Poisson system. Assuming the plasma is neutral and the electric field decays with sufficient rapidity as $t \to\infty$, we show that solutions can be constructed with arbitrarily…

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This paper presents a unified approach to realize versatile distributed maneuvering with generalized formations. Specifically, we decompose the robots' maneuvers into two independent components, i.e., interception and enclosing, which are…

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The large-scale structure in the Universe is believed to arise out of small random density perturbations generated in the very early Universe, that are amplified by gravity. Large and usually intricate N-body simulations are typically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Sergei F. Shandarin , B. S. Sathyaprakash

Finite size effects in the equilibrium phase space density distribution function are taken into account for alculations of the relaxation of collective motion in finite nuclei. Memory effects in the collision integral and the diffusivity…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 V. M. Kolomietz , S. V. Lukyanov , V. A. Plujko , S. Shlomo

We revisited the problem of heavy particles suspended in homogeneous box turbulence flow subjected to rotation along the vertical axis, which introduces anisotropy along the vertical and horizontal planes. We investigate the effect of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-12 Priyanka Maity

The evolution of probability distribution functions (PDFs) of continuous density, velocity and velocity derivatives ( deformation tensor) fields in the theory of cosmological gravitational instability are considered. We show that in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lev Kofman

We discuss recent work on the static and dynamical properties of the asymmetric exclusion process, generalized to include the effect of disorder. We study in turn: random disorder in the properties of particles; disorder in the spatial…

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