Artículos de revistas
Numerical self-consistent stellar models of thin disks
Registro en:
Astronomy & Astrophysics. Edp Sciences S A, v. 442, n. 3, n. 785, n. 793, 2005.
0004-6361
WOS:000232562700010
10.1051/0004-6361:20053176
Autor
Ujevic, M
Letelier, PS
Institución
Resumen
We find a numerical self-consistent stellar model by finding the distribution function of a thin disk that satisfies simultaneously the Fokker-Planck and Poisson equations. The solution of the Fokker-Planck equation is found by a direct numerical solver using finite differences and a variation of Stone's method. The collision term in the Fokker-Planck equation is found using the local approximation and the Rosenbluth potentials. The resulting diffusion coefficients are explicitly evaluated using a Maxwellian distribution for the field stars. As a paradigmatic example, we apply the numerical formalism to find the distribution function of a Kuzmin-Toomre thin disk. This example is studied in some detail showing that the method applies to a large family of actual galaxies. 442 3 785 793