RMxAA

Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica

ISSN: 3061-8649
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Keywords

stars: formation
stars: general

How to Cite

Approximate analytical solution for the isothermal Lane Emden equation in a spherical geometry. (2015). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 51(2), 175. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxaa/article/view/2015rmxaa..51..175s

Abstract

This paper obtains an approximate analytical solution for the isothermal Lane-Emden equation that models a self-gravitating isothermal sphere. The approximate solution is obtained by perturbation methods in terms of small and large distance parameters. The approximate solution is compared with the numerical solution. The approximate solution obtained is valid for all values of the distance parameter.
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