2 papers
cond-mat.stat-mech2025
Vector Resonant Relaxation and Statistical Closure Theory. II. One-loop Closure
Sofia Flores, Jean-Baptiste Fouvry
We use stellar dynamics as a testbed for statistical closure theory. We focus on the process of "Vector Resonant Relaxation," a long-range, non-linear, and correlated relaxation me…
astro-ph.GA2024
Vector Resonant Relaxation and Statistical Closure Theory. I. Direct Interaction Approximation
Sofia Flores, Jean-Baptiste Fouvry
Stars orbiting a supermassive black hole in the center of galaxies undergo very efficient diffusion in their orbital orientations: this is "Vector Resonant Relaxation". Such a dyna…