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Spitzer instability: a standalone construct

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Astrophysics

the failure of energy equipartition in a star cluster when heavy stars sink and form a subsystem that decouples from the lighter stars.

In astrophysics, Spitzer instability refers to the failure of energy equipartition in a star cluster when heavy stars sink and form a subsystem that decouples from the lighter stars. This meaning comes from Spitzer (1969) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Spitzer, L. J. (1969). Equipartition and the Formation of Compact Nuclei in Spherical Stellar Systems. The Astrophysical Journal, 158, L139. https://doi.org/10.1086/180451

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