On the thermodynamical limit of self-gravitating systems
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چکیده
It is shown that the diluted thermodynamical limit of a self-gravitating system proposed by de Vega and Sánchez suffers from the same problems as the usual thermodynamical limit and leads to divergent thermodynamical functions. This question is also discussed from the point of view of mean field theory. PACS: 05.20.-y, 05.90.+m 05.70.-a ∗E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +34 976 761257 Fax: +34 976 761264
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