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Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

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Linear stability of liquid Lane-Emden stars


Author: King Ming Lam
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math.
MSC (2020): Primary 35Q85, 35Q35; Secondary 35B35
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/1677
Published electronically: August 28, 2023
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Abstract: We establish various qualitative properties of liquid Lane-Emden stars in $\mathbb {R}^d$, including bounds for its density profile $\rho$ and radius $R$. Using them we prove that against radial perturbations, the liquid Lane-Emden stars are linearly stable when $\gamma \geq 2(d-1)/d$; linearly stable when $\gamma <2(d-1)/d$ for stars with small relative central density $\rho (0)-\rho (R)$; and linearly unstable when $\gamma <2(d-1)/d$ for stars with large central density. Such dependence on central density is not seen in the gaseous Lane-Emden stars.


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King Ming Lam
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University College London, London WC1E 6XA, United Kingdom
ORCID: 0000-0002-4429-8983
Email: king.lam.19@ucl.ac.uk, lamkingming@gmail.com

Keywords: Analysis of partial differential equations, mathematical physics
Received by editor(s): June 3, 2023
Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 3, 2023
Published electronically: August 28, 2023
Additional Notes: The author was supported by EPSRC studentship grant EP/R513143/1.
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