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For the spherical Abel deprojection, put $A_r=r^2+b^2$ and $s=(R^2+b^2)/A_r$. Then $d{R}^2=A_{r}ds$ and $\sqrt{R^2-r^2}=A_r^{1/2}\sqrt{s-1}$. Consequently the integral appearing in the reconstruction of $n$ isDifferentiate before substituting the numerical value of $I_{5/2}$:For the projected second stellar velocity moment, $N{\sigma }^2=N_0{\sigma }_0^2{b}^6(R^2+b^2{)}^{-3}$. The identical substitution in isotropic stellar pressure deprojection givesFor completeness, setting $t=1/s$ yields $I_{\alpha }=B(1/2,\alpha -1/2)$, where $B$ is the Euler beta function. The Gamma function recurrence gives $I_{5/2}=4/3$ and $I_3=3\pi /8$. This also checks the normalization of the power-law spherical projection kernel.

The radial Jeans equation is $p^{\prime }=n{\psi }^{\prime }$. Since $p^{\prime }=-105N_0{\sigma }_0^2{b}^{6}r/(16A_r^{9/2})$, division by the tracer number density givesWriting $A=315\pi {\sigma }_0^{2}b/128$, the total gravitational acceleration is thereforeTo find all gravitating mass density, apply the Poisson equation for Newtonian gravity, with the same sign convention:Equivalently, the enclosed mass is $M(r)=A{r}^3/[G(r^2+b^2{)}^{3/2}]$, and ${\rho }_{\mathrm{tot}}=M^{\prime }/(4\pi r^2)$. The inferred total mass is $A/G$ and its relative potential is $A/\sqrt{r^2+b^2}$, a Plummer model. The tracer number density has a different radial exponent from this total mass density. One must not multiply $n$ by an arbitrary stellar mass and identify it with all matter: the inferred field can include unobserved stars, gas, and dark matter.