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Polytropic vertical structure of a self-gravitating disk
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Gravitational instability of an astrophysical disk
Toomre stability criterion
2026-09-28
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P
=
K
ρ
1
+
1/
n
, dimensionless pseudo-
enthalpy
w
=
n
(
ρ
/
ρ
0
)
1/
n
, and
ζ
=
Ω
z
/
c
0
, vertical hydrostatic
balance
and the
Poisson equation
reduce to
w
′′
+
n
n
Q
0
4
w
n
=
−
1.
(1)
The midplane conditions are
w
(
0
)
=
n
and
w
′
(
0
)
=
0
, and the
first
zero gives the disk
surface
.
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