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A note on the stability of one-dimensional self-gravitating isothermal systems

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One-dimensional self-gravitating isothermal systems are stable with respect to one-dimensional perturbations.

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  1. J. Katz

    Present address: The Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

  2. M. Lecar

    Present address: Center for Astrophysics, Harvard College Observatory and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

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    J. Katz & M. Lecar

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Katz, J., Lecar, M. A note on the stability of one-dimensional self-gravitating isothermal systems. Astrophys Space Sci 68, 495–497 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00639714

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