Expanding solutions near unstable Lane-Emden stars

Authors Ming Cheng, Xing Cheng, Zhiwu Lin

Publication date 17 May 2023

Abstract: In this paper, we consider the compressible Euler-Poisson equations for polytropes

P (h o) = K h o^{g} a m m a

and the white dwarf star. Firstly, we develop two variational problem for

g a m m a = f r a c 43

and

g a m m a i n l e f t (f r a c 65, f r a c 43 i g h t)

respectively. The first variational problem for

g a m m a = f r a c 43

is related to the best constant of a Hardy-Littlewood type inequality. The best constant obtained is sharp and it yields a threshold of the mass to the gaseous star which is the Chandrasekhar limit mass. For

g a m m a i n l e f t (f r a c 65, f r a c 43 i g h t)

, we construct a type of cross constrained variational problem attained by the Lane-Emden function. Then, we show that the spherically symmetric finite energy weak solution globally exists if the mass is less than the Chandrasekhar limit mass for

g a m m a = f r a c 43

or the initial data belongs to an invariant set constructed by the cross-constrained variational argument for

g a m m a i n l e f t (f r a c 65, f r a c 43 i g h t)

. Furthermore, we conditionally obtain that the support of the gaseous star expands as time tends to infinity with a virial argument. We also consider the white dwarf star and prove that if the mass is less than the Chandrasekhar limit mass, the white dwarf star cannot collapse to a point.

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