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Stellar Dynamics and Black Holes

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David Merritt

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Submitted 28 Mar 2011

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The authors' main claim Chandrasekhar's most important contribution to stellar dynamics was the concept of dynamical friction.

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arXiv ID1103.5446 (version 2)
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CitationDavid Merritt. "Stellar Dynamics and Black Holes." arXiv:1103.5446 (2011). https://pith.science/paper/7K2H34WB
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Chandrasekhar's most important contribution to stellar dynamics was the concept of dynamical friction. I briefly review that work, then discuss some implications of Chandrasekhar's theory of gravitational encounters for motion in galactic nuclei.

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s0 Chandrasekhar's most important contribution to stellar dynamics was the concept of dynamical friction. background 0.98 0.03 0.23 asserted 1.00
s1 I briefly review that work, then discuss some implications of Chandrasekhar's theory of gravitational encounters for motion in galactic nuclei. contribution 0.82 0.47 0.08 unclear 0.51

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Chandrasekhar's most important contribution to stellar dynamics was the concept of dynamical friction. I briefly review that work, then discuss some implications of Chandrasekhar's theory of gravitational encounters for motion in galactic nuclei.

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