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Cusped logarithmic spherical galaxy model (Φ=v02​log(1+r/a))

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This spherical gravitational potential, with a,v0​>0, has density ρ=v02​(2a+r)/(4πGr(a+r)2) and circular speed vc​=v0​r/(a+r)​. It combines a central 1/r density cusp with an outer flat galaxy rotation curve, but its total mass is infinite. It differs from a logarithmic potential with a constant-density core.

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