On the Gravitational Stability in a Rotating Isothermal Medium.
Abstract
The wave propagation of a disturbance in a rotating isothermal medium, which is stratified in planeparallel layers symmetrical to a central plane with maximum density, is studied. The conditions for gravitational instability are deduced.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- September 1954
- DOI:
- 10.1086/145922
- Bibcode:
- 1954ApJ...120..356F