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= Solution

The physical filament ends when the <mass density> first reaches zero. If $x_1\simeq2.4$ is the first positive zero of the <Bessel function> $J_0$, then
$$
\boxed{
R_f=x_1a
=x_1\sqrt{\frac{K+B_0^2/(8\pi\rho_0^2)}{2\pi G}}}.
$$
The first zero must be used because continuing to the next lobe would make the density negative.

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