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Binding energy of a truncated singular isothermal sphere (W=−GM02​/r0​)

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For ρ=k/(2πGr2) truncated at r0​, the enclosed mass is M(r)=2kr/G. The shell-assembly integral gives W=−∫GM(r)dM/r=−GM02​/r0​. The origin has divergent density but finite total mass and binding energy.

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