Relaxation processes in one-dimensional self-gravitating many-body systems.
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Though one dimensional self-gravitating N -body systems have been studied for three decade, the nature of relaxation was still unclear. There were inconsistent results about relaxation time; some initial state relaxed in the time scale T N t c , but another state did not relax even after T N 2 t c , where t c is the crossing time. The water-bag distribution was believed not to relax after T N 2 t c . In our previous paper, however, we found there are two different relaxation times in the water-bag distribution;in the faster relaxation ( microscopic relaxation ) the equipartition of energy distribution is attains but the macroscopic distribution turns into the isothermal distribution in the later relaxation (macroscopic relaxation). In this paper, we investigated the properties of the two relaxation. We found that the microscopic relaxation time is T N t c , and the macroscopic relaxation time is proportional to N t c , thus the water-bag does relax. We can see the inconsistency about the relaxation times is resolved as that we see the two di erent aspect of relaxations. Further, the physical mechanisms of the relaxations are presented. Electronic address: [email protected]
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NAO-TAP-1995-1 OU-TAP-18 DPNU-95-15 Relaxation processes in one-dimensional self-gravitating many-body systems
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics
دوره 53 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996