Multilayer spherical stellar cluster with uniform density

Abstract

Various solutions of the kinetic equation for the equilibrium of a gravitating sphere of uniform density with a quadratic gravitational potential and a linear dependence of gravitational force on radius are examined. New analytic solutions are obtained for a uniform sphere with a hollow spherical volume and central mass inside the sphere. Solutions are also obtained for an arbitrary number of spherical layers with the same density, but with different equilibrium distribution functions.

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