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Cauchy velocity distribution (kJ​=4πGρ0​​/b)

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The isotropic three-dimensional Cauchy velocity distribution f0​=ρ0​b/[π2(v2+b2)2], b>0, has density ρ0​ and one-dimensional marginal F(u)=ρ0​b/[π(u2+b2)]. Its second velocity moment diverges, so b is a scale rather than a finite velocity dispersion. At zero phase speed, ∫F′(u)/udu=−ρ0​/b2, giving kJ​=4πGρ0​​/b. In the upper-half frequency plane, the marginal response is ρ0​/(ω/k+ib)2; the growing branch has ω=i(4πGρ0​​−kb) for 0<k<kJ​.

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