Inverse-angular-momentum velocity integration

ID: inverse-angular-momentum-velocity-integration

In a spherical galactic distribution function with , write and . The velocity Jacobian cancels the apparent singularity at . Integration of Gaussian energy components then reduces to one full-line and one half-line Gaussian integral. The angular average makes each tangential velocity dispersion half the radial one, so the velocity-anisotropy parameter is .

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