Research Article

Constraining the Stellar Mass Function in the Galactic Center via Mass Loss from Stellar Collisions

Table 1

Coefficients of polynomial fits for Δ ( 𝛾 ) with varying polytropic indices.

𝑛 𝑎 0 𝑎 1 𝑎 2 𝑎 3

1.5 0.395 −0.865 0.559 −0.091
2.0 0.210 −0.424 0.246 −0.032
2.5 0.105 −0.197 0.102 −0.101
3.0 0.051 −0.088 0.040 −0.003