Thermodynamics of a one-dimensional self-gravitating gas with periodic boundary conditions

Pankaj Kumar1, Bruce N Miller1, Dan Pirjol2

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129, USA.

Physical Review. E
|March 17, 2017
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