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The Formation of Structures in Gravitationally Unstable Media

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Nonlinear Waves in Active Media

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The evolution of density and velocity inhomogeneities in gravitationally unstable medium is discussed. The model equation of nonlinear diffusion is used for describing the nonlinear stage of the gravitational instability. Together with the equation of continuity it provides an approximate description of the formation of the nonlinear structures (“pancakes”, filaments and clumps of mass) as well as the merging of the clumps.

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  1. Gorky State University, 23 Gagarin Prosp., SU-603022, Gorky, USSR

    S. N. Gurbatov & A. I. Saichev

  2. Institute for Physical Problems, USSR Acad. Sci., 2 Kosygin Str., SU-117344, Moscow, USSR

    S. F. Shandarin

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  1. Institute of Cybernetics, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Akadeemia tee 21, SU-200108, Tallinn, USSR

    Professor Jüri Engelbrecht

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Gurbatov, S.N., Saichev, A.I., Shandarin, S.F. (1989). The Formation of Structures in Gravitationally Unstable Media. In: Engelbrecht, P.J. (eds) Nonlinear Waves in Active Media. Research Reports in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74789-2_8

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