Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of u/erica/JeansInstability


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06/21/13 11:48:37 (11 years ago)
Author:
Erica Kaminski
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    7272Taking the positive root and plugging into [[latex($\rho_1$)]], we see
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    74 [[latex($\rho_1 =$)]]
     74[[latex($\rho_1 \propto e^{-i i [4 \pi G \rho_0 (1-\frac{\lambda_J^2}{\lambda^2})]t}$)]]
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     76which gives
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     78[[latex($\rho_1 = C \cos(kx) e^{[4 \pi G \rho_0 (1-\frac{\lambda_J^2}{\lambda^2})]t}$)]]
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     81Thus we have found the condition on [[latex($\omega$)]] which gives unstable perturbation modes. Now, the growth rate of these modes is given by
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     83[[latex($\Gamma = 4 \pi G \rho_0 (1-\frac{\lambda_J^2}{\lambda^2})$)]]
     84
     85and so the characteristic timescale for exponential growth, that is the time in which the perturbation increases by a factor of e, is given by
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     87[[latex($\tau = \frac{1}{\Gamma}$)]]
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