Virial mass contours in a cooling diagram

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Virial mass contours in a cooling diagram by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-20
Combining a virial-temperature relation with the density of a uniform self-gravitating sphere gives . Thus contours of constant mass in a density-temperature plane satisfy . Structural coefficients, composition and the distinction between baryonic and total gravitating mass matter when giving numerical labels.

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