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Plummer model (ψ=GM/a2+r2​)

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The spherical Plummer model has ψ=GM/a2+r2​ and ρ=3Ma2/[4π(a2+r2)5/2]. It is the p=2 hypervirial model. In unit scales its isotropic distribution is 242​E7/2/(7π3) for positive relative energy.

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