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Einstein-de Sitter virial overdensity (ρvir​/ρˉ​(tcoll​)=18π2)

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For ideal isolated spherical collapse, energy conservation and the virial theorem give Rvir​=Rta​/2 and ρvir​=8ρta​ if the density-profile shape is unchanged. The cycloid gives tcoll​=2tta​ and ρta​/ρˉ​(tta​)=9π2/16. Since the Einstein-de Sitter universe has ρˉ​∝t−2, the overdensity at the nominal collapse time is 32(9π2/16)=18π2. Hence ρvir​=18π2ρ0​(1+zcoll​)3. The collapse time is that of the formal cold solution; actual virialization replaces its point collapse.

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