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Revisiting relaxation in globular clusters

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0 Published in 2018 at "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society"

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty2295

Abstract: The classical theory of cluster relaxation is unsatisfactory because it involves the Coulomb logarithm. The Balescu-Lenard (BL) equation provides a rigorous alternative that has no ill-defined parameter. Moreover, the BL equation, unlike classical theory, includes… read more here.

Keywords: classical theory; relaxation; revisiting relaxation; theory ... See more keywords