Thermodynamics of self-gravitating systems
arXiv:cond-mat/0107345 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.66.036105
Abstract
Self-gravitating systems are expected to reach a statistical equilibrium state either through collisional relaxation or violent collisionless relaxation. However, a maximum entropy state does not always exist and the system may undergo a ``gravothermal catastrophe'': it can achieve ever increasing values of entropy by developing a dense and hot ``core'' surrounded by a low density ``halo''. In this paper, we study the phase transition between ``equilibrium'' states and ``collapsed'' states with the aid of a simple relaxation equation [Chavanis, Sommeria and Robert, Astrophys. J. 471, 385 (1996)] constructed so as to increase entropy with an optimal rate while conserving mass and energy. With this numerical algorithm, we can cover the whole bifurcation diagram in parameter space and check, by an independent method, the stability limits of Katz [Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 183, 765 (1978)] and Padmanabhan [Astrophys. J. Supp. 71, 651 (1989)]. When no equilibrium state exists, our relaxation equation develops a self-similar collapse leading to a finite time singularity.
54 pages. 25 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. E
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