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Rotational Brownian motion (astronomy) : ウィキペディア英語版
Rotational Brownian motion (astronomy)
In astronomy, rotational Brownian motion refers to the random walk in orientation of a binary star's orbital plane, induced by gravitational perturbations from passing stars.
==Theory==

Consider a binary that consists of two massive objects (stars, black holes etc.) and that is embedded in a stellar system containing a large number of stars. Let M_1 and M_2 be the masses of the two components of the binary whose total mass is M_=M_1+M_2. A field star that approaches the binary with impact parameter p and velocity V passes a distance r_p from the binary, where

p^2=r_p^2\left(1+2GM_/V^2r_p\right) \approx 2GM_r_p/V^2;

the latter expression is valid in the limit that gravitational focusing dominates the encounter rate. The rate of encounters with stars that interact strongly with the binary, i.e. that satisfy r_p < a, is approximately n\pi p^2 \sigma =2\pi GM_ n a/\sigma where n and \sigma are the number density and velocity dispersion of the field stars and a is the semi-major axis of the binary.
As it passes near the binary, the field star experiences a change in velocity of order

\Delta V \approx V_ = \sqrt
,
where V_ is the relative velocity of the two stars in the binary.
The change in the field star's specific angular momentum with respect to the binary, l, is then Δ''l'' ≈ ''a'' ''V''bin. Conservation of angular momentum implies that the binary's angular momentum changes by Δ''l''bin ≈ -(m/μ12)Δ''l'' where ''m'' is the mass of a field star and μ12 is the binary reduced mass. Changes in the magnitude of ''l''bin correspond to changes in the binary's orbital eccentricity via the relation ''e'' = 1 - ''l''b2/''GM''12μ12''a''. Changes in the direction of ''l''bin correspond to changes in the orientation of the binary, leading to rotational diffusion. The rotational diffusion coefficient is

\langle\Delta\xi^2\rangle = \langle\Delta l_^2\rangle / l_^2
\approx \left(a \approx

where ρ = ''mn'' is the mass density of field stars.
Let ''F''(θ,''t'') be the probability that the rotation axis of the binary is oriented at angle θ at time ''t''. The evolution equation for ''F'' is 〔


= \left(\sin\theta \right).

If <Δξ2>, ''a'', ρ and σ are constant in time, this becomes

= \left(\right )

where μ = cos θ and τ is the time in units of the relaxation time ''t''rel, where

t_ \approx .

The solution to this equation states that the expectation value of μ decays with time as

\overline\mu = \overline_0 e^.

Hence, ''t''rel is the time constant for the binary's orientation to be randomized by torques from field stars.

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