Data Analysis of Globular Cluster Harris Catalogue in view of the King   models and their dynamical evolution. I. Theoretical model
  We discuss the possibility to analyze the problem of gravothermal catastrophe in a new way, by obtaining thermodynamical equations to apply to a selfgravitating system. By using the King distribution function in the framework of statistical mechanics we treat the globular clusters evolution as a sequence of quasi-equilibrium thermodynamical states. 
Marco Merafina, Daniele Vitantoni
astro-ph.GA