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Statistical mechanics of violent relaxation in stellar systems
P. H. Chavanis
We discuss the statistical mechanics of violent relaxation in stellar systems following the pioneering work of Lynden-Bell (1967). The solutions of the gravitational Vlasov-Poisson…
Gravitational instability of isothermal and polytropic spheres
P. H. Chavanis
We complete previous investigations on the thermodynamics of self-gravitating systems by studying the grand canonical, grand microcanonical and isobaric ensembles. We also discuss…
The self-gravitating Fermi gas
P. H. Chavanis
We discuss the nature of phase transitions in the self-gravitating Fermi gas at non-zero temperature. This study can be relevant for massive neutrinos in Dark Matter models and for…
Gravitational instability of slowly rotating isothermal spheres
P. -H. Chavanis
We discuss the statistical mechanics of rotating self-gravitating systems by allowing properly for the conservation of angular momentum. We study analytically the case of slowly ro…