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Title: Larson–Penston Self-similar Gravitational Collapse
Abstract Using numerical integration, in 1969 Penston (Mon Not R Astr Soc 144:425–448, 1969) and Larson (Mon Not R Astr Soc 145:271–295, 1969) independently discovered a self-similar solution describing the collapse of a self-gravitating asymptotically flat fluid with the isothermal equation of state$$p=k\varrho $$ p = k ϱ ,$$k>0$$ k > 0 , and subject to Newtonian gravity. We rigorously prove the existence of such a Larson–Penston solution.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1810868
PAR ID:
10283355
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Springer Science + Business Media
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Communications in Mathematical Physics
Volume:
386
Issue:
3
ISSN:
0010-3616
Page Range / eLocation ID:
p. 1551-1601
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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