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Free-fall density profile around a growing point mass (ρ∝r−3/2)

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Where a central mass dominates and radial infall is locally steady, ∣vr​∣≃2GM⋆​/r​. A conserved mass flux M˙=4πr2ρ∣vr​∣ then gives ρ≃M˙[4π2GM⋆​​]−1r−3/2. Constant accretion gives M⋆​∝t and an inner normalization proportional to t−1/2.

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