Gravothermal Catastrophe, an Example

TL;DR

This paper analyzes gravothermal catastrophe in astrophysics, presenting an analytic collapse solution that models the catastrophic energy release and collapse behavior of such systems.

Contribution

It introduces an explicit analytic model of gravothermal catastrophe, illustrating the collapse process and energy radiation in astrophysical systems.

Findings

System collapses into a trapped surface with outgoing radiation.

Provides an analytic solution demonstrating key properties of gravothermal catastrophe.

Models energy radiation during catastrophic collapse.

Abstract

This work discusses gravothermal catastrophe in astrophysical systems and provides an analytic collapse solution which exhibits many of the catastrophe properties. The system collapses into a trapped surface with outgoing energy radiated to a future boundary, and provides an example of catastrophic collapse.