Published March 21, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Local virial relation and velocity anisotropy in self-gravitating system

  • 1. Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112-8610 (Japan)
  • 3. Gunma Astronomical Observatory, 6860-86, Nakayama, Takayama, Agatsuma, Gunma 377-0702 (Japan)

Description

We investigate the merging process in N-body self-gravitating system from the viewpoints of the local virial relation which is the relation between the local kinetic energy and the local potential. We compare both the density profile and the phase space density profile in cosmological simulations with the critical solutions of collisionless static state satisfying the local virial (LV) relation. We got the results that the critical solution can explain the characteristic density profile with the appropriate value of anisotropy parameter β ∼ 0.5. It can also explain the power law of the phase space density profile in the outer part of a bound state. However, it fails in explaining the central low temperature part which is connected to the scale invariant phase space density. It can be well fitted to the critical solution with the higher value of β ∼ 0.75. These results indicate that the LV relation is not compatible with the scale invariant phase space density in cosmological simulation

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/31/173/jpconf6_31_039.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online) (ISSN 1742-6596) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 173-174
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
3. 21COE symposium on astrophysics as interdisciplinary science
Dates
1-3 Sep 2005
Place
Tokyo (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37058997
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; BOUND STATE; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMOLOGY; DENSITY; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PHASE SPACE; POTENTIALS; VIRIAL THEOREM
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SIMULATION; SPACE