Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of HydroStaticStar

Timestamp:

11/01/12 12:56:25 (12 years ago)

Author:

idilernia

Comment:

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HydroStaticStar

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 For this module, the first step to recreate the solution is to determine a 1D profile in hydrostatic equilibrium, this profile can then be applied to a spherically symmetric 3D model using interpolation. [[BR]][[BR]]
-With a little bit of imagination we can think of a 1D column of gas as an array of values:
+We can think of a 1D column of gas as an array of values:
 
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-this simpler form can be applied to our profile array, you can check the [wiki:Profiles Profiles] page to see how this is done. After we created this abstraction of a column of gas in hydrostatic equilibrium, we can use interpolation to port this 1D object to a 2D or 3D model.
+this simpler form can be applied to our profile array, you can check the [wiki:Profiles Profiles] page to see how this is done. After creating this abstraction of a column of gas in hydrostatic equilibrium, we can use interpolation to port this 1D object to a 2D or 3D model.
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+This model assumes that the effects of self gravity are relatively small compared to the gravitational attraction of a point mass.
 
 == 2D,3D and Softening ==