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Self-similarity of the Third Type in the Strong Explosion Problem

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Propagation of a blast wave due to strong explosion in the center of a power-law-density (ρrα\rho \propto r^{-\alpha}) spherically symmetric atmosphere is studied. For adiabatic index of 5/3, the solution was known to be self-similar, (of type I) for α<3\alpha <3, self-similar (of type II) for α>3.26\alpha >3.26, and unknown in between. We find a self-similar solution for 3<α<3.263<\alpha <3.26, and give a (tentative) numerical proof that this solution is indeed an asymptotic of the strong explosion. This self-similar solution is neither of type I (dimensional analysis does not work), nor of type II (the index of the solution is known without solving an eigenvalue problem).

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0303242,
  title  = {Self-similarity of the Third Type in the Strong Explosion Problem},
  author = {Andrei Gruzinov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0303242},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures