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On the gravitational stability of a compressed slab of gas in the background of weakly interacting massive particles

David Tsiklauri

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9904013

Abstract

Linear stability of an isothermal, pressure-bounded, self-gravitating gas slab which is gravitationally coupled with the background weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) is investigated. Analytic dispersion relations describing such a configuration are derived. Two novel, distinct oscillatory modes are found. Astrophysical implications of the results are discussed.

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