Contribution of the kinetic theory of gases to the dynamics of galaxies
摘要
Classical attempts to construct a galaxy model, in a stationary and axisymmetric situation, consist of giving a gravitational field and injecting it into the collisionless Boltzmann equation to deduce the solution distribution function f. We will do exactly the opposite, by assimilating the galaxy to a self-gravitating point-mass system. The velocity distribution function is then the solution of an integrodifferential equation. Taking into account the Newtonian character of the potential, we can replace it with the system consisting of the Vlasov equation, written in terms of residual velocity, and the Poisson equation. We then give