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Anisotropic Plummer distribution with unit anisotropy radius
(
F
=
3
Q
3/2
/
(
2
π
3
)
)
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Osipkov-Merritt distribution function
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In unit
Plummer model
scales,
F
=
3
Q
3/2
/
(
2
π
3
)
for
Q
=
E
−
L
2
/2
>
0
gives
ρ
=
3
ψ
3
/
[
4
π
(
1
+
r
2
)]
=
3
ψ
5
/
(
4
π
)
. It reproduces the isotropic Plummer
density
but has anisotropy
r
2
/
(
1
+
r
2
)
and different
second
velocity
moments
.
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Nonuniqueness of spherical galactic distribution functions
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2016
/
iii
/
Paper 320
/
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