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Thermal eccentricity distribution (n(e)=2e)

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An isotropic population of bound Kepler orbits has eccentricity probability density n(e)=2e on 0≤e<1. It follows from the fixed-energy angular-momentum measure n(L)dL∝LdL and L=Lc​1−e2​.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / iii / Paper 320 / 1 / b / Solution
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