IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/phsmap/v305y2002i1p258-265.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Angular momentum induced phase transition in spherical gravitational systems

Author

Listed:
  • Klinko, Peter
  • Miller, Bruce N

Abstract

We present the results of N-body simulations for a self-gravitating system in the microcanonical ensemble for the l2 model, where we fix the magnitude of angular momentum for each particle. In the mean-field limit, the system exhibits a first-order phase transition between a centrally condensed and a quasi-uniform phase in both canonical and microcanonical ensembles. In the present work, we verify the presence of the phase transition via N-body simulations. With increasing particle numbers, the simulation results converge to the mean-field phase transition in accordance with finite size scaling theory. We also use correlations in position and time to investigate the main dynamical features of each phase.

Suggested Citation

  • Klinko, Peter & Miller, Bruce N, 2002. "Angular momentum induced phase transition in spherical gravitational systems," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 305(1), pages 258-265.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:305:y:2002:i:1:p:258-265
    DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(01)00672-0
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378437101006720
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only. Journal offers the option of making the article available online on Science direct for a fee of $3,000
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/S0378-4371(01)00672-0?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:305:y:2002:i:1:p:258-265. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physica-a-statistical-mechpplications/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.