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arxiv: 1003.1118 · v1 · submitted 2010-03-04 · ❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech · astro-ph.GA

Collapse and evaporation of a canonical self-gravitating gas

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We review the out-of-equilibrium properties of a self-gravitating gas of particles in the presence of a strong friction and a random force (canonical gas). We assume a bare diffusion coefficient of the form $D(\rho)=T\rho^{1/n}$, where $\rho$ is the local particle density, so that the equation of state is $P(\rho)=D(\rho)\rho$. Depending on the spatial dimension $d$, the index $n$, the temperature $T$, and whether the system is confined to a finite box or not, the system can reach an equilibrium state, collapse or evaporate. This article focuses on the latter cases, presenting a complete dynamical phase diagram of the system.

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