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Collapse of the spherical stellar system

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A new numerical method is proposed for solving the problems connected with the evolution of spherical clusters. The method is based upon the solution of the algebraic equations describing the motions of spherical shells.

The stage of the collapse of a typical cluster is considered. The initial configuration is taken as a system with a uniform density distribution and with velocities much less than the virial ones. The model close to a stationary one has been obtained. The mass of the stationary cluster comprises about 60% of the initial one. The density distribution of the outer part of the cluster approximately corresponds to a profile of ρ ∝R −3.3.

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  1. Water Problems Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

    L. R. Yangurazova

  2. Space Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

    G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan

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Yangurazova, L.R., Bisnovatyi-Kogan, G.S. Collapse of the spherical stellar system. Astrophys Space Sci 100, 319–328 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00651607

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