Steady states of rotating stars and galaxies

DOI10.1137/17M1119391zbMATH Open1379.85006arXiv1703.04067MaRDI QIDQ4596071FDOQ4596071

Authors: Yilun Wu, Walter A. Strauss 

Publication date: 8 December 2017

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A rotating continuum of particles attracted to each other by gravity may be modeled by the Euler-Poisson system. The existence of solutions is a very classical problem. Here it is proven that a curve of solutions exists, parametrized by the rotation speed, with a fixed mass independent of the speed. The rotation is allowed to vary with the distance to the axis. A special case is when the equation of state is $p=h{o}^{g}amma,6/5<gamma<2,gammae4/3$, in contrast to previous variational methods which have required $4/3<gamma$. The continuum of particles may alternatively be modeled microscopically by the Vlasov-Poisson system. The kinetic density is a prescribed function. We prove an analogous theorem asserting the existence of a curve of solutions with constant mass. In this model the whole range $(6/5,2)$ is allowed, including $gamma=4/3$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.04067

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zbMATH Keywords

Vlasov-Poissonsteady statesrotating starEuler-Poisson

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Vlasov equations (35Q83) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

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