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Free-fall density profile around a growing point mass
(
ρ
∝
r
−
3/2
)
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Inside-out collapse of a singular isothermal sphere
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Where
a
central
mass
dominates and radial infall is locally steady,
∣
v
r
∣
≃
2
G
M
⋆
/
r
.
A
conserved
mass
flux
M
˙
=
4
π
r
2
ρ
∣
v
r
∣
then gives
ρ
≃
M
˙
[
4
π
2
G
M
⋆
]
−
1
r
−
3/2
. Constant
accretion
gives
M
⋆
∝
t
and an inner normalization proportional to
t
−
1/2
.
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Past exam of the formation of Structure in the Universe course of the University of Cambridge
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