Gravitational instability of a dilute fully ionized gas in the presence of the Dufour effect

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.

arXiv comment8 pages, 2 figures

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• Jeans instability in the linearized Burnett regime

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