Structure formation in the one dimensional gravitational gas

Abstract

We adopt a new result in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics to follow the time evolution of the density of an exploding one-dimensional gravitational gas. We show analytically that the resulting structure formation is a natural consequence of many-body physics.

Source or Periodical Title

Astronomy and Astrophysics

ISSN

46361

Page

746-749

Document Type

Article

Subject

Galaxies: formation, Instabilities, Large-scale structure of Universe

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