Non-linear stability of gaseous stars

Details Non-linear stability of gaseous stars Non-linear stability of gaseous stars

2002-10-24

arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0210045v1

Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 168 (2003) 2, 115-130

Physics

Mathematical Physics

18 pages, LaTeX

Scientific paper

10.1007/s00205-003-0260-y

We construct steady states of the Euler-Poisson system with a barotropic equation of state as minimizers of a suitably defined energy functional. Their minimizing property implies the non-linear stability of such states against general, i.e., not necessarily spherically symmetric perturbations. The mathematical approach is based on previous stability results for the Vlasov-Poisson system by Y. Guo and the author, exploiting the energy-Casimir technique. The analysis is conditional in the sense that it assumes the existence of solutions to the initial value problem for the Euler-Poisson system which preserve mass and energy. The relation between the Euler-Poisson and the Vlasov-Poisson system in this context is also explored.

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