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On Gravothermal Instability of Anisotropic Self-Gravitating Gas Spheres: Singular Equilibrium Solution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R. Spurzem
R. Spurzem*
Affiliation:
Institut fur Theoretische Astrophysik, Olshausenstr 40, D-2300 Kiel, Germany

Abstract

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A reinvestigation of the linear perturbation theory is presented, which examines the hydrostatic readjustment of an isolated self-gravitating gas sphere to a redistribution of energy. The here presented model describes a stellar system by the common equations of gas in hydrostatic equilibrium but with the effect of the anisotropic velocity distribution on the pressure gradient. We take as equilibrium models the singular isothermal solution with and without anisotropy. The total variation of the Boltzmann entropy resulting from a perturbation of the system caused by a redistribution of heat (i.e. r.m.s. kinetic energy of the stars) is calculated for anisotropic solutions to first order as well as to second order for the isotropic equilibrium. The extremized eigenfunctions which represent the entropy and anisotropy perturbation functions, are determined analytically. They exhibit gravothermal behaviour in the central region where heat is removed. It is also found that the anisotropy readjusts non-thermally in the sense that the system departs from isotropy although the total entropy increases.

Type
Part III Stellar Systems and Galaxies
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 132: Instability, Chaos and Predictability in Celestial Mechanics and Stellar Dynamics , 1993 , pp. 241 - 253
Copyright
Copyright © Nova Science Publishers 1993

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