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Self-similar spherical collapse with non-radial motions

Astrophysics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We derive the asymptotic mass profile near the collapse center of an initial spherical density perturbation, δMϵ\delta \propto M^{-\epsilon}, of collision-less particles with non-radial motions. We show that angular momenta introduced at the initial time do not affect the mass profile. Alternatively, we consider a scheme in which a particle moves on a radial orbit until it reaches its turnaround radius, r_*. At turnaround the particle acquires an angular momentum L=LGMrL={\cal L} \sqrt{GM_* r_*} per unit mass, where M_* is the mass interior to r_*. In this scheme, the mass profile is Mr3/(1+3ϵ)M\propto r^{3/(1+3\epsilon)} for all ϵ>0\epsilon >0, in the region r/rtLr/r_t\ll {\cal L}, where r_t is the current turnaround radius. If L1{\cal L} \ll 1 then the profile in the region Lr/rt{\cal L} \ll r/r_t \ll is MrM\propto r for ϵ<2/3\epsilon <2/3. The derivation relies on a general property of non-radial orbits which is that ratio of the pericenter to apocenter is constant in a force field k(t) r^{n} with k(t) varying adiabatically.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0008217,
  title  = {Self-similar spherical collapse with non-radial motions},
  author = {Adi Nusser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0008217},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, 1 figure, two column MNRAS style