Axisymmetric logarithmic gravitational potential

ID: axisymmetric-logarithmic-gravitational-potential

An axisymmetric logarithmic Newtonian gravitational potential has spheroidal equipotential surfaces and a flat galaxy rotation curve: . The singular model is defined away from the origin; a fixed reference length makes the logarithm dimensionless. Its central mass density cusp is locally integrable, but its total mass diverges at large radius.

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