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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
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Set
D
(
r
)
=
b
+
(
b
+
r
)
2
=
r
+
2
b
r
+
2
b
,
Ψ
(
r
)
=
−
Φ
(
r
)
=
D
(
r
)
GM
.
(1)
The spherical
Poisson equation
gives
ρ
(
r
)
=
4
π
G
r
2
1
d
r
d
(
r
2
d
r
d
Φ
)
=
8
π
r
2
D
3
M
[
6
b
3/2
r
+
10
b
r
+
3
b
r
3/2
]
.
(2)
The
numerator
identity
6
b
3/2
r
+
10
b
r
+
3
b
r
3/2
=
3
b
r
D
+
4
b
r
(3)
splits this into two
scale-free density-potential components
:
ρ
(
r
)
=
8
π
G
2
M
3
b
r
−
3/2
Ψ
2
+
2
π
G
3
M
2
b
r
−
1
Ψ
3
.
(4)
Thus
(
γ
1
,
p
1
,
A
1
)
=
(
2
3
,
2
,
8
π
G
2
M
3
b
)
,
(5)
(
γ
2
,
p
2
,
A
2
)
=
(
1
,
3
,
2
π
G
3
M
2
b
)
.
(6)
At small
radius
,
D
∼
2
b
and the
first
term dominates:
ρ
(
r
)
∼
32
π
b
3/2
3
M
r
−
3/2
.
(7)
The cusp has finite
enclosed mass
because
r
2
ρ
∼
r
1/2
. Moreover,
v
c
2
=
r
d
r
d
Φ
=
D
2
GM
r
[
1
+
b
/
r
]
∼
4
b
3/2
GM
r
,
(8)
so the
circular speed
tends to zero
as
r
1/4
. At large
radius
,
D
∼
r
and
ρ
(
r
)
∼
8
π
3
M
b
r
−
7/2
.
(9)
Since
r
2
ρ
∼
r
−
3/2
is integrable at
infinity
and
Φ
∼
−
GM
/
r
, the total
mass
is finite and equals
M
.
Ancestors
(10)
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