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violent relaxation: a standalone construct

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violentrelaxation1 CONSTRUCTViolent relaxationLYNDEN-BELL · ASTROPHYSICS

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Astrophysics

rapid relaxation of a collisionless stellar system through a strongly fluctuating gravitational potential, giving a characteristic equilibrium regardless of stellar mass.

In astrophysics, violent relaxation refers to rapid relaxation of a collisionless stellar system through a strongly fluctuating gravitational potential, giving a characteristic equilibrium regardless of stellar mass. This meaning comes from Lynden-Bell (1967) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]

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  1. Lynden-Bell, D. (1967). Statistical Mechanics of Violent Relaxation in Stellar Systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 136(1), 101-121. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/136.1.101

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