Hydrostatic temperature of an inverse-square halo

ID: hydrostatic-temperature-of-an-inverse-square-halo

Suppose an isothermal gas with is supported in a spherical halo with . Then hydrostatic equilibrium and give , hence . Here is the dimensionful mean particle mass. The factor two follows from the density slope and isothermal pressure response; it is not the uniform-sphere virial coefficient. The singular profile and finite boundary are idealizations.

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