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* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968ApJ...152..515B P. Bodenheimer & A. Sweigart (1968, ApJ, 152, 515)]:   ''Dynamic Collapse of the Isothermal Sphere''
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969MNRAS.144..425P M. V. Penston (1969, MNRAS, 144, 425)]:   ''Dynamics of Self-Gravitating Gaseous Sphers - III. Analytic Results in the Free-Fall of Isothermal Cases''
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969MNRAS.144..425P M. V. Penston (1969, MNRAS, 144, 425)]:   ''Dynamics of Self-Gravitating Gaseous Sphers - III. Analytic Results in the Free-Fall of Isothermal Cases''
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969MNRAS.145..271L Richard B. Larson (1969, MNRAS, 145, 271)]:   ''Numerical Calculations of the Dynamics of Collapsing Proto-Star''
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1969MNRAS.145..271L Richard B. Larson (1969, MNRAS, 145, 271)]:   ''Numerical Calculations of the Dynamics of Collapsing Proto-Star''

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Collapse of Isothermal Spheres

Whitworth's (1981) Isothermal Free-Energy Surface
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We begin with the set of time-dependent governing equations for spherically symmetric systems, namely,

Equation of Continuity

<math>\frac{d\rho}{dt} + \rho \biggl[\frac{1}{r^2}\frac{d(r^2 v_r)}{dr} \biggr] = 0 </math>


Euler Equation

<math>\frac{dv_r}{dt} = - \frac{1}{\rho}\frac{dP}{dr} - \frac{d\Phi}{dr} </math>


Poisson Equation

<math>\frac{1}{r^2} \biggl[\frac{d }{dr} \biggl( r^2 \frac{d \Phi}{dr} \biggr) \biggr] = 4\pi G \rho \, ,</math>

but, in place of the adiabatic form of the 1st Law of Thermodynamics, we enforce isothermality both in space and time by adopting the isothermal equation of state,

<math>~P = c_s^2 \rho \, ,</math>

where, <math>~c_s</math>, is the isothermal sound speed.


See Especially


Whitworth's (1981) Isothermal Free-Energy Surface

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