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Pressure-confined singular isothermal gas sphere (ρ=cs2​/(2πGr2),2U+Ω=3p0​V)

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Truncating the singular isothermal gas profile at radius r0​ gives M=2cs2​r0​/G and boundary pressure p0​=cs4​/(2πGr02​). The internal energy of a monatomic gas is U=3Mcs2​/2, while shell integration gives gravitational self-energy Ω=−GM2/r0​=−2Mcs2​. Thus 2U+Ω=3p0​V, with V=4πr03​/3. The confining pressure supplies the virial surface term. This singular-central-density model differs from a regular pressure-confined isothermal sphere.

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