Rotational Brownian motion (astronomy) Rotational Brownian motion (astronomy) In astronomy, rotational Brownian motion is the random walk in orientation of a binary star's orbital plane, induced by gravitational perturbations from passing stars. 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 formula_1 and formula_2 be the masses of the two components of the binary whose total mass is formula_3. A field star that approaches the binary with impact parameter formula_4 and velocity formula_5 passes a distance formula_6 from the binary, where formula_7 the latter expression
Reflected Brownian motion Reflected Brownian motion In probability theory, reflected Brownian motion (or regulated Brownian motion, both with the acronym RBM) is a Wiener process in a space with reflecting boundaries. RBMs have been shown to describe queueing models experiencing heavy traffic as first proposed by Kingman and proven by Iglehart and Whitt. A "d"–dimensional reflected Brownian motion "Z" is a stochastic process on formula_1 uniquely defined by where "X"("t") is an unconstrained Brownian motion and with "Y"("t") a "d"–dimensional vector where The reflection matrix describes boundary behaviour. In the interior of formula_4 the process behaves like a Wiener process, on the boundary