Abstract
Globular clusters are collisional stellar systems, i.e., their evolution is mainly driven by two-body relaxation. Since the effects of weak encounters are dominant, the dynamical evolution of globular clusters can be described by the Fokker-Planck (FP) equation.
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Takahashi, K. (1999). Anisotropic Fokker-Planck Models of Star Clusters. In: Miyama, S.M., Tomisaka, K., Hanawa, T. (eds) Numerical Astrophysics. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 240. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4780-4_26
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