Jeans instability criterion modified by external tidal field
Jeans instability criterion modified by external tidal field
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外部潮汐场修正的牛仔裤不稳定性判据
DOI:
10.1093/mnrasl/slt077
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
C. Jog
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文献类型:
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作者:
C. Jog
The well-known Jeans criterion describes the onset of instabilities in an infinite, homogeneous, self-gravitating medium supported by pressure. Most realistic astrophysical systems, however, are not isolated - instead they are under the influence of an external field such as the tidal field due to a neighbour. Here, we do a linear perturbation analysis for a system in an external field and obtain a generalized dispersion relation that depends on the wavenumber, the sound speed and also the magnitude of the tidal field. A typical, disruptive tidal field is shown to make the system more stable against perturbations, and results in a higher effective Jeans wavelength. The minimum mass that can become unstable is then higher (super-Jeans) than the usual Jeans mass. Conversely, in a compressive tidal field, perturbations can grow even when the mass is lower (sub-Jeans). This approach involving the inclusion of tidal field opens up a new way of looking at instabilities in gravitating systems. The treatment is general and the simple analytical form of the modified Jeans criterion obtained makes it easily accessible.
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/706/1/67
发表时间:
2009
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
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作者:
Renaud
通讯作者:
Renaud
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Bayet E
通讯作者:
Bayet E