On the gravitational phase transition in the Thomas–Fermi model

DOI10.1063/1.525172zbMath0491.35073OpenAlexW2078475085MaRDI QIDQ3952524

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Publication date: 1981

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.525172

zbMATH Keywords

uniquenessmultiplicity of solutionsgravitating particlesgravitational phase transitioninterior core of a pre-supernovatemperature- dependent Thomas-Fermi equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Partial differential equations of mathematical physics and other areas of application (35Q99)

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Cites Work

• Equilibrium states of gravitational systems
• The Thomas-Fermi theory of atoms, molecules and solids
• Free energy of gravitating fermions