Gravitational instability of a dilute fully ionized gas in the presence of the Dufour effect
arXiv:0705.4121 · doi:10.1007/s10714-007-0498-z
Abstract
The gravitational instability of a fully ionized gas is analyzed within the framework of linear irreversible thermodynamics. In particular, the presence of a heat flux corresponding to generalized thermodynamic forces is shown to affect the properties of the dispersion relation governing the stability of this kind of system in certain problems of interest.
8 pages, 2 figures