Stellar encounters in dense clusters
This thesis is concerned with the role of stellar encounters and collisions in dense clusters. In Chapter 1 I discuss basic collision cross sections and rates, and briefly discuss the cluster cores in which they occur. A short discussion of the history of stellar-collision calculations is then given...
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University of Cambridge
2000
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596260 |