Potential-Density Basis Sets for Three-Dimensional Disks Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • Poisson's equation, ∇2ψ = 4πGρ, can be solved approximately using basis sets of potential-density pairs. A given density is approximated by a truncated expansion; the computed expansion coefficients immediately yield the corresponding potential since each basis density function is paired with a basis potential function, and Poisson's equation is linear.

publication date

  • 1996