Approximate analytical solutions of the Lane-Emden equation for a self-gravitating isothermal gas sphere

被引:14
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作者
Mirza, Babur M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Quaid I Azam Univ, Dept Math, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
关键词
methods: analytical; stars: general; stars: interiors; galaxies: clusters: general; galaxies: general; POLYTROPES;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14697.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The isothermal Lane-Emden equation arises in many astrophysical problems, in particular in modelling of a self-gravitating, polytropic gas in a spherically symmetric configuration. In this work, the isothermal Lane-Emden equation is investigated using the fractional approximation technique. The method provides an efficient and accurate way of obtaining approximate analytic solution to the Lane-Emden equation thus is useful in the modelling of self-gravitating gaseous spheres in astrophysics.
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页数:4
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