Preface |
Introduction / Chapter 1: |
An overview of the observations / 1.1: |
Collisionless systems and the relaxation time / 1.2: |
The relaxation time |
The cosmological context / 1.3: |
Potential Theory / Chapter 2: |
General results / 2.1: |
The potential-energy tensor |
Spherical systems / 2.2: |
Potential-density pairs for attened systems / 2.3: |
Multipole expansion / 2.4: |
The potentials of spheroidal and ellipsoidal systems / 2.5: |
The potentials of disks / 2.6: |
The potential of our Galaxy / 2.7: |
Potentials from functional expansions / 2.8: |
Poisson solvers for N-body codes / 2.9: |
The Orbits of Stars / Chapter 3: |
Orbits in static spherical potentials / 3.1: |
Orbits in axisymmetric potentials / 3.2: |
Orbits in planar non-axisymmetric potentials / 3.3: |
Numerical orbit integration / 3.4: |
Angle-action variables / 3.5: |
Slowly varying potentials / 3.6: |
Perturbations and chaos / 3.7: |
Orbits in elliptical galaxies / 3.8: |
Equilibria of Collisionless Systems / Chapter 4: |
The collisionless Boltzmann equation / 4.1: |
Jeans theorems / 4.2: |
DFs for spherical systems / 4.3: |
DFs for axisymmetric density distributions / 4.4: |
DFs for razor-thin disks / 4.5: |
Using actions as arguments of the DF / 4.6: |
Particle-based and orbit-based models / 4.7: |
The Jeans and virial equations / 4.8: |
Stellar kinematics as a mass detector / 4.9: |
The choice of equilibrium / 4.10: |
Stability of Collisionless Systems / Chapter 5: |
The response of homogeneous systems / 5.1: |
General theory of the response of stellar systems / 5.3: |
The energy principle and secular stability / 5.4: |
The response of spherical systems / 5.5: |
The stability of uniformly rotating systems / 5.6: |
Disk Dynamics and Spiral Structure / Chapter 6: |
Fundamentals of spiral structure / 6.1: |
Wave mechanics of differentially rotating disks / 6.2: |
Global stability of differentially rotating disks / 6.3: |
Damping and excitation of spiral structure / 6.4: |
Bars / 6.5: |
Warping and buckling of disks / 6.6: |
Kinetic Theory / Chapter 7: |
Relaxation processes / 7.1: |
The thermodynamics of self-gravitating systems / 7.2: |
The Fokker Planck approximation / 7.4: |
The evolution of spherical stellar systems / 7.5: |
Summary / 7.6: |
Collisions and Encounters of Stellar Systems / Chapter 8: |
Dynamical friction / 8.1: |
High-speed encounters / 8.2: |
Tides / 8.3: |
Encounters in stellar disks / 8.4: |
Mergers / 8.5: |
Galaxy Formation / Chapter 9: |
Linear structure formation / 9.1: |
Nonlinear structure formation / 9.2: |
N-body simulations of clustering / 9.3: |
Star formation and feedback / 9.4: |
Conclusions / 9.5: |
Useful numbers / Appendices A: |
Mathematical background / B: |
Special functions / C: |
Mechanics / D: |
Delaunay variables for Kepler orbits / E: |
Fluid mechanics / F: |
Discrete Fourier transforms / G: |
The Antonov Lebovitz theorem / H: |
The Doremus Feix Baumann theorem / I: |
Angular-momentum transport in disks / J: |
Derivation of the reduction factor / K: |
The diffusion coefficients / L: |
The distribution of binary energies / M: |
References |
Index |
Stars / 1: |
The Galaxy |
Other galaxies |
Elliptical galaxies |
Spiral galaxies |
Lenticular galaxies |
Irregular galaxies |
Open and globular clusters |
Groups and clusters of galaxies |
Black holes |
Kinematics |
Geometry |
Dynamics |
The Big Bang and inflation |
The cosmic microwave background |
Problems |
Newton's theorems / 2: |
Potential energy of spherical systems |
Potentials of some simple systems |
Point mass |
Homogeneous sphere |
Plummer model |
Isochrone potential |
Modified Hubble model |
Power-law density model |
Two-power density models |
Potential-density pairs for flattened systems |
Kuzmin models and generalizations |
Logarithmic potentials |
Poisson's equation in very flattened systems |
Potentials of spheroidal shells |
Potentials of spheroidal systems |
Potentials of ellipsoidal systems |
Ferrers potentials |
Potential-energy tensors of ellipsoidal systems |
Disk potentials from homoeoids |
The Mestel disk |
The exponential disk |
Thick disks |
Disk potentials from Bessel functions |
Application to axisymmetric disks |
Disk potentials from logarithmic spirals |
Disk potentials from oblate spheroidal coordinates |
The bulge |
The dark halo |
The stellar disk |
The interstellar medium |
The bulge as a bar |
Bi-orthonormal basis functions |
Designer basis functions |
Direct summation |
Softening |
Tree codes |
Cartesian multipole expansion |
Particle-mesh codes |
Periodic boundary conditions |
Vacuum boundary conditions |
Mesh refinement |
P[superscript 3]M codes |
Spherical-harmonic codes |
Simulations of planar systems |
Spherical harmonic oscillator / 3: |
Kepler potential |
Hyperbolic encounters |
Constants and integrals of the motion |
Motion in the meridional plane |
Surfaces of section |
Nearly circular orbits: epicycles and the velocity ellipsoid |
Two-dimensional non-rotating potential |
Two-dimensional rotating potential |
Weak bars |
Lindblad resonances |
Orbits trapped at resonance |
Symplectic integrators |
Modified Euler integrator |
Leapfrog integrator |
Runge-Kutta and Bulirsch-Stoer integrators |
Multistep predictor-corrector integrators |
Multivalue integrators |
Adaptive timesteps |
Individual timesteps |
Regularization |
Burdet-Heggie regularization |
Kustaanheimo-Stiefel (KS) regularization |
Orbital tori |
Time averages theorem |
Action space |
Hamilton-Jacobi equation |
Angle-action variables for spherical potentials |
Angle-action variables for flattened axisymmetric potentials |
Stackel potentials |
Epicycle approximation |
Angle-action variables for a non-rotating bar |
Adiabatic invariance of actions |
Applications |
Harmonic oscillator |
Eccentric orbits in a disk |
Transient perturbations |
Slow growth of a central black hole |
Hamiltonian perturbation theory |
Trapping by resonances |
Levitation |
From order to chaos |
Irregular orbits |
Frequency analysis |
Liapunov exponents |
The perfect ellipsoid |
Dynamical effects of cusps |
Dynamical effects of black holes |
Limitations of the collisionless Boltzmann equation / 4: |
Finite stellar lifetimes |
Correlations between stars |
Relation between the DF and observables |
An example |
Choice of f and relations between moments |
DF depending only on H |
DF depending on H and L |
DF depending on H and L[subscript z] |
Ergodic DFs for systems |
Ergodic Hernquist, Jaffe and isochrone models |
Differential energy distribution |
DFs for anisotropic spherical systems |
Models with constant anisotropy |
Osipkov-Merritt models |
Other anisotropic models |
Differential-energy distribution for anisotropic systems |
Spherical systems defined by the DF |
Polytropes and the Plummer model |
The isothermal sphere |
Lowered isothermal models |
Double-power models |
Michie models |
DF for a given axisymmetric system |
Axisymmetric systems specified by f(H, L[subscript z]) |
Fully analytic models |
Rowley models |
Rotation and flattening in spheroids |
The Schwarzschild DF |
Mestel disk |
Kalnajs disks |
Adiabatic compression |
Cusp around a black hole |
Adiabatic deformation of dark matter |
N-body modeling |
Instability and chaos |
Schwarzschild models |
Jeans equations for spherical systems |
Effect of a central black hole on the observed velocity dispersion |
Jeans equations for axisymmetric systems |
Asymmetric drift |
Spheroidal components with isotropic velocity dispersion |
Virial equations |
Scalar virial theorem |
The tensor virial theorem and observational data |
Detecting black holes |
Extended mass distributions of elliptical galaxies |
Dynamics of the solar neighborhood |
The principle of maximum entropy |
Phase mixing and violent relaxation |
Phase mixing |
Violent relaxation |
Numerical simulation of the relaxation process |
Linear response theory / 5: |
Linearized equations for stellar and fluid systems |
Physical basis of the Jeans instability |
Homogeneous systems and the Jeans swindle |
The response of a homogeneous fluid system |
The response of a homogeneous stellar system |
Unstable solutions |
Neutrally stable solutions |
Damped solutions |
Discussion |
The polarization function in angle-action variables |
The Kalnajs matrix method |
The response matrix |
The energy principle for fluid systems |
The energy principle for stellar systems |
The relation between the stability of fluid and stellar systems |
The stability of spherical systems with ergodic DFs |
The stability of anisotropic spherical systems |
Physical basis of the radial-orbit instability |
Landau damping and resonances in spherical systems |
The uniformly rotating sheet |
Maclaurin spheroids and disks |
Images of spiral galaxies / 6: |
Spiral arms at other wavelengths |
Dust |
Relativistic electrons |
Molecular gas |
Neutral atomic gas |
HII regions |
The geometry of spiral arms |
The strength and number of arms |
Leading and trailing arms |
The pitch angle and the winding problem |
The pattern speed |
The anti-spiral theorem |
Angular-momentum transport by spiral-arm torques |
Preliminaries |
Kinematic density waves |
Resonances |
The dispersion relation for tightly wound spiral arms |
The tight-winding approximation |
Potential of a tightly wound spiral pattern |
The dispersion relation for fluid disks |
The dispersion relation for stellar disks |
Local stability of differentially rotating disks |
Long and short waves |
Group velocity |
Energy and angular momentum in spiral waves |
Numerical work on disk stability |
Swing amplifier and feedback loops |
The swing amplifier |
Feedback loops |
Physical interpretation of the bar instability |
The maximum-disk hypothesis |
Response of the interstellar gas to a density wave |
Response of a density wave to the interstellar gas |
Excitation of spiral structure |
Excitation by companion galaxies |
Excitation by bars |
Stationary spiral structure |
Excitation of intermediate-scale structure |
Observations |
Dynamics of bars |
Strong bars |
The vertical structure of bars |
Gas flow in bars |
Slow evolution of bars |
Warps |
Kinematics of warps |
Bending waves with self-gravity |
The origin of warps |
Buckling instability |
Relaxation / 7: |
Equipartition |
Escape |
Inelastic encounters |
Binary formation by triple encounters |
Interactions with primordial binaries |
Virial theorem |
Liouville's theorem |
Reduced distribution functions |
Relation of Liouville's equation to the collisionless Boltzmann equation |
Negative heat capacity |
The gravothermal catastrophe |
The Fokker-Planck approximation |
The master equation |
Fokker-Planck equation |
Weak encounters |
Local encounters |
Orbit-averaging |
Fluctuation-dissipation theorems |
Diffusion coefficients |
Heating of the Galactic disk by MACHOs |
Relaxation time |
Numerical methods |
Fluid models |
Monte Carlo methods |
Numerical solution of the Fokker-Planck equation |
N-body integrations |
Checks and comparisons |
Mass loss from stellar evolution |
Evaporation and ejection |
The maximum lifetime of a stellar system |
Core collapse |
After core collapse |
Tidal shocks and the survival of globular clusters |
Binary stars |
Soft binaries |
Hard binaries |
Reaction rates |
Stellar systems with a central black hole |
Consumption of stars by the black hole |
The effect of a central black hole on the surrounding stellar system |
The validity of Chandrasekhar's formula / 8: |
Applications of dynamical friction |
Decay of black-hole orbits |
Galactic cannibalism |
Orbital decay of the Magellanic Clouds |
Dynamical friction on bars |
Formation and evolution of binary black holes |
Globular clusters |
Mass loss |
Return to equilibrium |
Adiabatic invariance |
The distant-tide approximation |
Disruption of stellar systems by high-speed encounters |
The catastrophic regime |
The diffusive regime |
Disruption of open clusters |
Disruption of binary stars |
Dynamical constraints on MACHOs |
Disk and bulge shocks |
High-speed interactions in clusters of galaxies |
The restricted three-body problem |
The sheared-sheet or Hill's approximation |
The epicycle approximation and Hill's approximation |
The Jacobi radius in Hill's approximation |
Tidal tails and streamers |
Scattering of disk stars by molecular clouds |
Scattering of disk stars by spiral arms |
Peculiar galaxies |
Grand-design spirals |
Ring galaxies |
Shells and other fine structure |
Starbursts |
The merger rate |
Gaussian random fields / 9: |
Filtering |
The Harrison-Zeldovich power spectrum |
Gravitational instability in the expanding universe |
Non-relativistic fluid |
Relativistic fluid |
Spherical collapse |
The cosmic web |
Press-Schechter theory |
The mass function |
Collapse and virialization in the cosmic web |
The mass function of halos |
Radial density profiles |
Internal dynamics of halos |
The shapes of halos |
Rotation of halos |
Dynamics of halo substructure |
Reionization |
Feedback |
Mergers, starbursts and quiescent accretion |
The role of central black holes |
Origin of the galaxy luminosity function |
Appendices |
Vectors / A: |
Curvilinear coordinate systems |
Vector calculus |
Fourier series and transforms |
Abel integral equation |
Schwarz's inequality |
Calculus of variations |
Poisson distribution |
Conditional probability and Bayes's theorem |
Central limit theorem |
Delta function and step function |
Factorial or gamma function |
Error function, Dawson's integral, and plasma dispersion function |
Elliptic integrals |
Legendre functions |
Spherical harmonics |
Bessel functions |
Single particles |
Systems of particles |
Lagrangian dynamics |
Hamiltonian dynamics |
Hamilton's equations |
Poincare invariants |
Poisson brackets |
Canonical coordinates and transformations |
Extended phase space |
Generating functions |
Basic equations |
Continuity equation |
Euler's equation |
Energy equation |
Equation of state |
The ideal gas |
Sound waves |
Energy and momentum in sound waves |
The Antonov-Lebovitz theorem |
The Doremus-Feix-Baumann theorem |
Transport in fluid and stellar systems |
Transport in a disk with stationary spiral structure |
Transport in perturbed axisymmetric disks |
Transport in the WKB approximation |
The evolution of the energy distribution of binaries |
The two-body distribution function in thermal equilibrium |
The distribution of binary energies in thermal equilibrium |
The principle of detailed balance |