Dynamical friction is, as the name says, a deceleration of massive objects. It occurs whenever a massive object travels through another extended object. This behaviour makes dynamical friction one of the most important effects in stellar dynamics.
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Fellhauer, M. (2008). Dynamical Friction. In: Aarseth, S.J., Tout, C.A., Mardling, R.A. (eds) The Cambridge N-Body Lectures. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 760. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8431-7_7
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