Radial oscillations of gravitational star

lundi 31 mars 2014

Consider a spherical star made of N (very large number) particles interacting via gravity.Let the mass of ith particle be mi and position be xi

Let ##I= \sum_{i=1}^{N}m_{i}r_{i}##, U be potential energy and K be kinetic energy



1)Show that the virial equation takes the form ##\frac{d^2I}{dt^2}=-2U+c##

where c is a constant

2)The star undergoes small oscillations with radial displacement proportional to radial distance(ri).Show the angular frequency of the radial oscillation is

##\omega =\left (\frac{|U_0|}{I_0} \right )^\frac{1}{2}##

where U0 and I0 are equillibrium values.

3) If the mass density of the star varies radially as r,show that

##\omega =\left (\frac{(5-\alpha) GM }{(5-2\alpha)R^3} \right )^\frac{1}{2}##

where M is total mass and R is radius of the star.



I got the first part (straightforward) but not the other two.

Source:Newtonian Dynamics, Richard Fitzpatrick





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