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Polytropic vertical structure of a self-gravitating disk

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Physics Branch of physics Astrophysics Astrophysical disk Gravitational instability of an astrophysical disk Toomre stability criterion
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For P=Kρ1+1/n, dimensionless pseudo-enthalpy w=n(ρ/ρ0​)1/n, and ζ=Ωz/c0​, vertical hydrostatic balance and the Poisson equation reduce to
w′′+nnQ0​4​wn=−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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