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    Figures for Chapter 3 of `Galaxies in the Universe'

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  • All Chapter 3 figures as a tar file

  • Figure 3.1: force inside a hollow shell (1)
  • Figure 3.2: force inside a hollow shell (2)
  • Figure 3.3: small-scale vs smooth potential
  • Figure 3.4: collision cross-section
  • Figure 3.5: fly-by encounter
  • Figure 3.6: Pleiades radial profiles by mass
  • Figure 3.7: globular cluster radial profiles
  • Figure 3.8: effective potential for near-circular orbit
  • Figure 3.9: epicycles
  • Figure 3.10: rosette orbit
  • Figure 3.11: vx-vy for local stars by age
  • Figure 3.12: stars move in 1-D
  • Figure 3.13: stars move in (x,vx) phase space

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