Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- Part I Historical
- Part II Descriptions of Clustering
- Part III Gravity and Correlation Functions
- Part IV Gravity and Distribution Functions
- 21 General Properties of Distribution Functions
- 22 Dynamics of Distribution Functions
- 23 Short Review of Basic Thermodynamics
- 24 Thermodynamics and Gravity
- 25 Thermodynamic Formulation of the Cosmological Many-Body Problem
- 26 The Functional Form of b(n̄, T)
- 27 Derivation of the Spatial Distribution Function
- 28 Properties of the Spatial Gravitational Quasi-Equillibrium Distribution
- 29 The Velocity Distribution Function
- 30 Evolution of the GQED
- Part V Computer Experiments for Distribution Functions
- Part VI Observations of Distribution Functions
- Part VII Future Unfoldings
- Bibliography
- Index
26 - The Functional Form of b(n̄, T)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- Part I Historical
- Part II Descriptions of Clustering
- Part III Gravity and Correlation Functions
- Part IV Gravity and Distribution Functions
- 21 General Properties of Distribution Functions
- 22 Dynamics of Distribution Functions
- 23 Short Review of Basic Thermodynamics
- 24 Thermodynamics and Gravity
- 25 Thermodynamic Formulation of the Cosmological Many-Body Problem
- 26 The Functional Form of b(n̄, T)
- 27 Derivation of the Spatial Distribution Function
- 28 Properties of the Spatial Gravitational Quasi-Equillibrium Distribution
- 29 The Velocity Distribution Function
- 30 Evolution of the GQED
- Part V Computer Experiments for Distribution Functions
- Part VI Observations of Distribution Functions
- Part VII Future Unfoldings
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Distribution of the GalaxiesGravitational Clustering in Cosmology, pp. 319 - 326Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999