TY - BOOK AU - Binney,James AU - Tremaine,Scott TI - Galactic dynamics T2 - Princeton series in astrophysics SN - 9780691130262 (hbk.) AV - QB857 .B524 2008 U1 - 523.112 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Galactic dynamics KW - Stars KW - Clusters N1 - Previous ed.: 1987; Includes bibliographical references (p. 842-856) and index; Ch. 1; Introduction --; Ch. 2; Potential Theory --; Ch. 3; The Orbits of Stars --; Ch. 4; Equilibria of Collisionless Systems --; Ch. 5; Stability of Collisionless Systems --; Ch. 6; Disk Dynamics and Spiral Structure --; Ch. 7; Kinetic Theory --; Ch. 8; Collisions and Encounters of Stellar Systems --; Ch. 9; Galaxy Formation --; A; Useful numbers --; B; Mathematical background --; C; Special functions --; D; Mechanics --; E; Delaunay variables for Kepler orbits --; F; Fluid mechanics --; G; Discrete Fourier transforms --; H; The Antonov Lebovitz theorem --; I; The Doremus Feix Baumann theorem --; J; Angular-momentum transport in disks --; K; Derivation of the reduction factor --; L; The diffusion coefficients --; M; The distribution of binary energies ER -