AxisymmetricConfigurations/SolutionStrategies

Axisymmetric Configurations (Solution Strategies)

Lagrangian versus Eulerian Representation

In our overarching specification of the set of Principal Governing Equations, we have included a,

Lagrangian Representation
of the Euler Equation,

$\frac{d\overrightarrow{v}}{dt}=-\frac{1}{\rho }\mathrm{\nabla }P-\mathrm{\nabla }\mathrm{\Phi }$

[BLRY07], p. 13, Eq. (1.55)

When seeking a solution to the set of governing equations that describes a steady-state equilibrium configuration — as has already been suggested in our accompanying discussion of "other forms of the Euler equation" — it is preferable to start from an,

Eulerian Representation
of the Euler Equation,

$\frac{\partial \overrightarrow{v}}{\partial t}+(\overrightarrow{v}\cdot \mathrm{\nabla })\overrightarrow{v}=-\frac{1}{\rho }\mathrm{\nabla }P-\mathrm{\nabla }\mathrm{\Phi }$

because steady-state configurations are identified by setting the partial time derivative, rather than the total time derivative, to zero. Notice that if the objective is to find an equilibrium configuration in which the fluid velocity is not zero — consider, for example, a configuration that is rotating — then throughout the configuration, the velocity field must be taken into account, in addition to the gradient in the gravitational potential, when determining the pressure distribution. Specifically, for steady-state flows, the required relationship is,

$\frac{1}{\rho }\mathrm{\nabla }P$

$=$

$-\mathrm{\nabla }\mathrm{\Phi }-(\overrightarrow{v}\cdot \mathrm{\nabla })\overrightarrow{v}.$

As we also have mentioned elsewhere, by drawing upon a relevant dot product rule vector identity, this expression can be rewritten in terms of the fluid vorticity, $\overrightarrow{\zeta }\equiv \mathrm{\nabla }\times \overrightarrow{v}$, as,

$\frac{1}{\rho }\mathrm{\nabla }P$

$=$

$-\mathrm{\nabla }[\mathrm{\Phi }+\frac{1}{2}\overrightarrow{v}\cdot \overrightarrow{v}]-\overrightarrow{\zeta }\times \overrightarrow{v}.$

In certain astrophysically relevant situations — such as the adoption of any one of the simple rotation profiles identified immediately below — the nonlinear velocity term involving the "convective operator" can be rewritten in terms of the gradient of a scalar (centrifugal) potential, that is,

$(\overrightarrow{v}\cdot \mathrm{\nabla })\overrightarrow{v}$

$\to$

$\mathrm{\nabla }\mathrm{\Psi }.$

In such cases, the condition required to obtain a steady-state equilibrium configuration is given by the considerably simpler mathematical relation,

$\frac{1}{\rho }\mathrm{\nabla }P$

$=$

$-\mathrm{\nabla }[\mathrm{\Phi }+\mathrm{\Psi }].$

In the subsection of this chapter (below) titled, Double Check Vector Identities, we explicitly demonstrate for four separate "simple rotation profiles" that these three separate steady-state balance expressions do indeed generate identical mathematical relations.

Simple Rotation Profile and Centrifugal Potential

Simple Rotation Profiles

"… A necessary and sufficient condition for $\dot{\phi }$ … to be independent of $z$ is that the surfaces of constant pressure coincide with the surfaces of constant density, i.e., that P be a function of ρ only." In this case, a centrifugal potential, $\mathrm{\Psi }$, can be defined — see the integral expression provided below — and it "is also a function of $\rho$ only … When $\mathrm{\Psi }$ exists, the equations of state and of energy conservation may be thought of as determining the form of the P-ρ relationship. Hence, by prescribing a P-ρ relationship, one avoids the complications of those further equations. This affects a major simplification of the formal problem of constructing rotating configurations. This procedure will, of course, be inadequate for certain objectives …"

— Drawn from p. 466 of 📚 Lebovitz (1967)

Specifying Radial Rotation Profile in the Equilibrium Configuration

Equilibrium axisymmetric structures — that is, solutions to the above set of simplified governing equations — can be found for specified angular momentum distributions that display a wide range of variations across both of the spatial coordinates, $\varpi$ and $z$. According to the Poincaré-Wavre theorem, however, the derived structures will be dynamically unstable toward the development shape-distorting, meridional-plane motions unless the angular velocity is uniform on cylinders, that is, unless the angular velocity is independent of $z$. (See the detailed discussion by [T78] — or our accompanying, brief summary — of this and other "axisymmetric instabilities to avoid.") With this in mind, we will focus here on a solution strategy that is designed to construct structures with a

Simple Rotation Profile

$\dot{\phi }(\varpi ,z)=\dot{\phi }(\varpi ),$

which of course means that we will only be examining axisymmetric structures with specific angular momentum distributions of the form $j(\varpi ,z)=j(\varpi )={\varpi }^2\dot{\phi }(\varpi )$.

As has been alluded to immediately above, after adopting a simple rotation profile, it becomes useful to define an effective potential,

${\mathrm{\Phi }}_{\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{f}}\equiv \mathrm{\Phi }+\mathrm{\Psi },$

that is written in terms of a centrifugal potential,

$\mathrm{\Psi }\equiv -\int \frac{j^2(\varpi )}{{\varpi }^3}d\varpi .$

The accompanying table provides analytic expressions for $\mathrm{\Psi }(\varpi )$ that correspond to various prescribed functional forms for $\dot{\phi }(\varpi )$ or $j(\varpi )$, along with citations to published articles in which equilibrium axisymmetric structures have been constructed using the various tabulated simple rotation profile prescriptions.

 

Simple Rotation Profiles Found in the Published Literature
	$\dot{\phi }(\varpi )$	$v_{\phi }(\varpi )$	$j(\varpi )$	$\frac{j^2}{{\varpi }^3}$	$\mathrm{\Psi }(\varpi )$	Refs.
Power-law (any $q\ne 1$)	$\frac{j_0}{{\varpi }_0^2}(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{(q-2)}$	$\frac{j_0}{{\varpi }_0}(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{(q-1)}$	$j_0(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^q$	$\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^3}(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{(2q-3)}$	$-\frac{1}{2(q-1)}\left[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^2}\right(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{2(q-1)}]$	d, h
Uniform rotation $(q=2)$	${\omega }_0$	$\varpi {\omega }_0$	${\varpi }^2{\omega }_0$	$\varpi {\omega }_0^2$	$-\frac{1}{2}{\varpi }^2{\omega }_0^2$	a, f
Uniform $v_{\phi }$ $(q=1)$	$\frac{v_0}{\varpi }$	$v_0$	$\varpi v_0$	$\frac{v_0^2}{\varpi }$	$-v_0^2\ln \left(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}\right)$	e
Keplerian $(q=1/2)$	${\omega }_K(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{-3/2}$	${\varpi }_0{\omega }_K(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{-1/2}$	${\varpi }_0^2{\omega }_K(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{1/2}$	${\varpi }_0{\omega }_K^2(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{-2}$	$+\frac{{\varpi }_0^3{\omega }_K^2}{\varpi }$	d
Uniform specific angular momentum $(q=0)$	$\frac{j_0}{{\varpi }^2}$	$\frac{j_0}{\varpi }$	$j_0$	$\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }^3}$	$+\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }^2}\right]$	c,g
j-constant rotation	${\omega }_c\left[\frac{A^2}{A^2+{\varpi }^2}\right]$	${\omega }_c\left[\frac{A^2\varpi }{A^2+{\varpi }^2}\right]$	${\omega }_c\left[\frac{A^2{\varpi }^2}{A^2+{\varpi }^2}\right]$	${\omega }_c^2\left[\frac{A^4\varpi }{(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^2}\right]$	$+\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{{\omega }_c^2{A}^4}{A^2+{\varpi }^2}\right]$	a,b,i
$n^{\prime }$ Sequences	See discussion below of specific angular momentum distribution, $h[m(\varpi )]$					j,k,ℓ,m
fMaclaurin, C. 1742, A Treatise of Fluxions j📚 R. Stoeckly (1965, ApJ, Vol. 142, pp. 208 - 228) k📚 J. P. Ostriker & J. W.-K. Mark (1968, ApJ, Vol. 151, pp. 1075 - 1088) ℓ📚 P. Bodenheimer & J. P. Ostriker (1973, ApJ, Vol. 180, pp. 159 - 170) i📚 M. J. Clement (1979, ApJ, Vol. 230, pp. 230 - 242) e📚 C. Hayashi, S. Narita, & S. M. Miyama (1982, Prog. Theor. Phys., Vol. 68, No. 6, pp. 1949 - 1966) g📚 J. C. B. Papaloizou & J. E. Pringle (1984, MNRAS, Vol. 208, pp. 721 - 750) a📚 I. Hachisu (1986a, ApJS, Vol. 61, pp. 479 - 507) (especially §II.c) d📚 J. E. Tohline & I. Hachisu (1990, ApJ, Vol. 361, pp. 394 - 407) c📚 J. W. Woodward, J. E. Tohline, & I. Hachisu (1994, ApJ, Vol. 420, pp. 247 - 267) m📚 B. K. Pickett, R. H. Durisen, & G. A. Davis (1996, ApJ, Vol. 458, pp. 714 - 738) b📚 S. Ou & J. E. Tohline (2006, ApJ, Vol. 651, pp. 1068 - 1078) (especially §2.1) hThe Hadley & Imamura collaboration (circa 2015)  [Note that, as detailed elsewhere, their definition of the power-law index, $q$, is different from ours.]

Note that, while adopting a simple rotation profile is necessary in order to ensure that an axisymmetric, barotropic equilibrium configuration is dynamical stability, it is not a sufficient condition. For example, the Solberg/Rayleigh criterion further demands that, for homentropic systems, the specific angular momentum, $j$, must be an increasing function of the radial coordinate, $\varpi$. It is not surprising, therefore, that the above table of example simple rotation profiles does not include references to published investigations in which the power-law index, $q$, is negative.

"In order to prevent the Rayleigh-Taylor instability … which arises from an adverse distribution of angular momentum — or, more generally, in order to satisfy the Solberg/Rayleigh criterion — $j$ must be a monotonically increasing function of $m$. Aside from this restriction, $j(m)$ is free to be any well-behaved function which we may plausibly expect to have been established over the history of the star."

— Drawn from p. 1084 of 📚 Ostriker & Mark (1968)

Prescribing Mass-Dependent Rotation Profile Based on an Initial Spherical Configuration

Each of the simple rotation profiles listed in Table 1 has been defined by specifying the radial distribution of the specific angular momentum, $j(\varpi )$, in the rotationally flattened equilibrium configuration. Here we follow the lead of 📚 R. Stoeckly (1965, ApJ, Vol. 142, pp. 208 - 228), of 📚 P. Bodenheimer & J. P. Ostriker (1973, ApJ, Vol. 180, pp. 159 - 170) and of 📚 P. S. Marcus, W. H. Press, & S. A. Teukolsky (1977, ApJ, Vol. 214, pp. 584 - 597) and, instead, present rotation profiles that are defined by specifying the function, $j(m_{\varpi })$, where $m_{\varpi }$ is a function describing how the fractional mass enclosed inside $\varpi$ varies with $\varpi$.

To better clarify what is meant by the function, $m_{\varpi }$, consider a configuration (not necessarily in equilibrium) that is spherically symmetric and that exhibits an — as yet unspecified — mass-density profile, $\rho (r)$. The mass enclosed within each spherical radius is,

$M_r=\underset{0}{\overset{r}{\int }}4\pi r^2\rho (r)dr,$

and, if the radius of the configuration is $R$, then the configuration's total mass is,

$M=\underset{0}{\overset{R}{\int }}4\pi r^2\rho (r)dr.$

In contrast, the mass enclosed within each cylindrical radius, $\varpi$, is

$M_{\varpi }=2\pi \underset{0}{\overset{\varpi }{\int }}\varpi d\varpi \underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{R^2-{\varpi }^2}}{\int }}\rho (r)2dz,$

where it is understood that the argument of the density function is, $r=\sqrt{{\varpi }^2+z^2}$.

Example #1: If the configuration has a uniform density, ${\rho }_0$, then its total mass is, $M=4\pi {\rho }_0{R}^3/3$, and

$M_{\varpi }$	$=$	$4\pi {\rho }_0\underset{0}{\overset{\varpi }{\int }}\varpi [R^2-{\varpi }^2{]}^{1/2}d\varpi$
	$=$	$\frac{4\pi }{3}{\rho }_0[R^3-(R^2-{\varpi }^2{)}^{3/2}]$
	$=$	$M-\frac{4\pi }{3}{\rho }_0[(R^2-{\varpi }^2{)}^{3/2}]$
$\Rightarrow m_{\varpi }\equiv \frac{M_{\varpi }}{M}$	$=$	$1-[1-\frac{{\varpi }^2}{R^2}{]}^{3/2}.$

Example #2: If the spherically symmetric configuration has a density profile given by the function,

$\rho (r)$

$=$

${\rho }_0\left[\frac{\sin (\pi r/R)}{\pi r/R}\right],$

then its total mass is, $M=4{\rho }_0{R}^3/\pi$, and

$M_{\varpi }$	$=$	$4\pi {\rho }_0\underset{0}{\overset{\varpi }{\int }}\varpi d\varpi \underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{R^2-{\varpi }^2}}{\int }}\left\{\frac{\sin (\pi \sqrt{{\varpi }^2+z^2}/R)}{\pi \sqrt{{\varpi }^2+z^2}/R}\right\}dz$
	$=$	$4{\rho }_0{R}^3\underset{0}{\overset{\chi }{\int }}\chi d\chi \underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}{\int }}\left\{\frac{\sin (\pi \sqrt{{\chi }^2+{\zeta }^2})}{\sqrt{{\chi }^2+{\zeta }^2}}\right\}d\zeta$

$M_{\varpi }$	$=$	$4\pi {\rho }_0\left\{\underset{\sqrt{R^2-{\varpi }^2}}{\overset{R}{\int }}dz\underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{R^2-z^2}}{\int }}\right[\frac{\sin (\pi \sqrt{{\varpi }^2+z^2}/R)}{\pi \sqrt{{\varpi }^2+z^2}/R}]\varpi d\varpi +\underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{R^2-{\varpi }^2}}{\int }}dz\underset{0}{\overset{\varpi }{\int }}[\frac{\sin (\pi \sqrt{{\varpi }^2+z^2}/R)}{\pi \sqrt{{\varpi }^2+z^2}/R}\left]\varpi d\varpi \right\}$
	$=$	$4{\rho }_0{R}^3\left\{\underset{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}{\overset{1}{\int }}d\zeta \underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{1-{\zeta }^2}}{\int }}\right[\frac{\sin (\pi \sqrt{{\chi }^2+{\zeta }^2})}{\sqrt{{\chi }^2+{\zeta }^2}}]\chi d\chi +\underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}{\int }}d\zeta \underset{0}{\overset{\chi }{\int }}[\frac{\sin (\pi \sqrt{{\chi }^2+{\zeta }^2})}{\sqrt{{\chi }^2+{\zeta }^2}}\left]\chi d\chi \right\}$
	$=$	$4{\rho }_0{R}^3\left\{\underset{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}{\overset{1}{\int }}\right[-\frac{\cos (\pi \sqrt{{\zeta }^2+{\chi }^2})}{\pi }{]}_0^{\sqrt{1-{\zeta }^2}}d\zeta +\underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}{\int }}[-\frac{\cos (\pi \sqrt{{\zeta }^2+{\chi }^2})}{\pi }{]}_0^{\chi }d\zeta \}$
	$=$	$\frac{4{\rho }_0{R}^3}{\pi }\left\{\underset{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}{\overset{1}{\int }}\right[-\cos (\pi )+\cos (\pi \zeta )]d\zeta +\underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}{\int }}[\cos (\pi \zeta )-\cos (\pi \sqrt{{\zeta }^2+{\chi }^2})\left]d\zeta \right\}$
	$=$	$\frac{4{\rho }_0{R}^3}{\pi }\{\underset{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}{\overset{1}{\int }}d\zeta +\underset{0}{\overset{1}{\int }}\cos (\pi \zeta )d\zeta -\underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}{\int }}\cos (\pi \sqrt{{\zeta }^2+{\chi }^2})d\zeta \}$
	$=$	$\frac{4{\rho }_0{R}^3}{\pi }\left\{\right[z{]}_{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}^1+\frac{1}{\pi }\underset{0}{\overset{\pi }{\int }}\cos (u)du-\underset{0}{\overset{\sqrt{1-{\chi }^2}}{\int }}\cos (\pi \sqrt{{\zeta }^2+{\chi }^2})d\zeta \}$

Uniform-Density Initially (n' = 0)

Drawing directly from §IIc of 📚 Stoeckly (1965), … consider a large, gaseous mass, initially a homogeneous sphere of mass $M$ and angular momentum $J$ rotating as a solid body, and suppose it contracts in such a way that cylindrical surfaces remain cylindrical and each such surface retains its angular momentum. Let ${\rho }_0$, $R_0$, and ${\dot{\phi }}_0$ denote the initial density, radius, and angular velocity of the [initially unstable configuration], ${\varpi }_0(\varpi )$ the initial radius of the surface now at radius $\varpi$, and $M_{\varpi }(\varpi )$ the mass inside this surface. The conditions on the contraction are then

$M-M_{\varpi }(\varpi )$

$=$

$4\pi {\rho }_0\underset{{\varpi }_0(\varpi )}{\overset{R_0}{\int }}\left[\right(R_0^2-({\varpi }_0^{\text{'}}{)}^2){]}^{1/2}{\varpi }_0^{\text{'}}d{\varpi }_0^{\text{'}},$

and

$\dot{\phi }(\varpi ){\varpi }^2$

$=$

${\dot{\phi }}_0[{\varpi }_0(\varpi ){]}^2.$

By integrating, eliminating ${\varpi }_0(\varpi )$ between these equations, and eliminating ${\rho }_0$, $R_0$, and ${\dot{\phi }}_0$ in favor of $M$ and $J$, one finds the relation of $\dot{\phi }(\varpi )$ to the mass distribution to be

$\dot{\phi }(\varpi )$	$=$	$\frac{5J}{2M{\varpi }^2}\{1-[1-m(\varpi ){]}^{2/3}\},$
📚 Stoeckly (1965), §II.c, eq. (12)

where, the mass fraction,

$m(\varpi )\equiv \frac{M_{\varpi }(\varpi )}{M}.$

As noted, this is equation (12) of 📚 Stoeckly (1965); it also appears, for example, as equation (45) in 📚 Ostriker & Mark (1968), as equation (12) in 📚 P. Bodenheimer & J. P. Ostriker (1970, ApJ, Vol. 161, pp. 1101 - 1113), and in the sentence that follows equation (3) in 📚 Bodenheimer & Ostriker (1973). As Stoeckly points out, the angular momentum distribution implied by this functional form of $\dot{\phi }$ satisfies the Solberg/Rayleigh stability criterion — that is,

$\frac{d{j}^2}{d\varpi }>0$

— initially, and also in the final equilibrium configuration because every cylindrical surface conserves specific angular momentum and the surfaces do not reorder themselves.

We should be able to obtain the identical result by extending Example 1 above. Attaching the subscript "0" to $\varpi$ in order to acknowledge that, here, the initial configuration is a uniform-density sphere (n' = 0), our derivation gives, $m_{\varpi }\equiv \frac{M_{\varpi }}{M}$ $=$ $1-[1-\frac{{\varpi }_0^2}{R^2}{]}^{3/2},$ from which we see that, $\frac{{\varpi }_0^2}{R^2}$ $=$ $1-[1-m_{\varpi }{]}^{2/3}.$ Now, the total angular momentum, $J$, of this initial configuration — a uniformly rotating $({\dot{\phi }}_0)$, uniform-density sphere — is, $J=I{\dot{\phi }}_0$ $=$ $\frac{2}{5}M{R}^2{\dot{\phi }}_0$ $\Rightarrow {\dot{\phi }}_0$ $=$ $\frac{5J}{2M{R}^2},$ in which case, the specific angular momentum of each fluid element — which is conserved as the configuration contracts or expands — is given by the expression, $\dot{\phi }{\varpi }^2={\dot{\phi }}_0{\varpi }_0^2$ $=$ $\frac{5J}{2M{R}^2}\cdot {\varpi }_0^2$   $=$ $\frac{5J}{2M}\{1-[1-m_{\varpi }{]}^{2/3}\}.$ Q.E.D.

Now, just as the fraction of the configuration's mass that lies interior to radial position, $\varpi$, is detailed by the function, $m_{\varpi }$, let's use ${\ell }_{\varpi }$ to detail what fraction of the configuration's angular momentum lies interior to $m_{\varpi }$. We have,

$J{\ell }_{\varpi }$	$=$	$\underset{0}{\overset{m_{\varpi }}{\int }}(\dot{\phi }{\varpi }^2)M\cdot d{m}_{\varpi }$
$\Rightarrow {\ell }_{\varpi }$	$=$	$\frac{5}{2}\underset{0}{\overset{m_{\varpi }}{\int }}\{1-[1-m_{\varpi }{]}^{2/3}\}d{m}_{\varpi }$
$\Rightarrow \frac{2}{5}\cdot {\ell }_{\varpi }$	$=$	$\underset{0}{\overset{m_{\varpi }}{\int }}d{m}_{\varpi }-\underset{0}{\overset{m_{\varpi }}{\int }}[1-m_{\varpi }{]}^{2/3}d{m}_{\varpi }$
	$=$	$m_{\varpi }+\left[\frac{3}{5}\right(1-m_{\varpi }{)}^{5/3}{]}_0^{m_{\varpi }}$
	$=$	$m_{\varpi }+\frac{3}{5}(1-m_{\varpi }{)}^{5/3}-\frac{3}{5}$
	$=$	$-(1-m_{\varpi })+\frac{3}{5}(1-m_{\varpi }{)}^{5/3}+(1-\frac{3}{5})$
$\Rightarrow {\ell }_{\varpi }$	$=$	$1-\frac{5}{2}(1-m_{\varpi })+\frac{3}{2}(1-m_{\varpi }{)}^{5/3}.$
📚 Marcus, Press, & Teukolsky (1977), §IV.a, eq. (4.3)

Centrally Condensed Initially (n' > 0)

In §III.d (pp. 1084 - 1086) of 📚 Ostriker & Mark (1968), we find the following relations:

$h(m)\equiv \left[\frac{M}{J}\right]j(m)$	$=$	$a_1+a_2(1-m{)}^{{\alpha }_2}+a_3(1-m{)}^{{\alpha }_3},$
📚 Ostriker & Mark (1968), §III.d, Eq. (50) 📚 Ostriker & Bodenheimer (1968), p. 1090, Eq. (6) 📚 Bodenheimer & Ostriker (1973), §II, Eq. (4) [T78], §10.4 (p. 254), Eq. (44) 📚 Pickett, Durisen, & Davis (1996), §2.1, Figure 1

where,

$\frac{1}{{\alpha }_2}=q_1$	$\equiv$	$\frac{2\beta -\alpha \beta (2n+5)}{\alpha \beta (2n+5)-(2n+3)},$		$\frac{1}{{\alpha }_3}=q_2$	$\equiv$	$\frac{2n+3}{2},$
$b_1$	$\equiv$	$\frac{\alpha (q_2+1)-1}{\alpha (q_2-q_1)},$		$b_2$	$\equiv$	$\frac{1-\alpha (q_1+1)}{\alpha (q_2-q_1)},$
$a_1$	$\equiv$	$b_1(q_1+1)+b_2(q_2+1),$		$a_2$	$\equiv$	$-b_1(q_1+1),$		$a_3$	$\equiv$	$-b_2(q_2+1).$

Ostriker & Mark claim that the analytical expression for $\dot{\phi }(\varpi )=j[m(\varpi )]/{\varpi }^2$ that was derived by 📚 Stoeckly (1965) for a uniform-density sphere, is retrieved by setting, $(n,\alpha ,\beta )=(0,\frac{2}{5},\frac{3}{2}).$ Let's see …

$\underset{n\to 0}{\lim }\left[q_1\right]$	$=$	$\underset{n\to 0}{\lim }\left[\frac{-\frac{6n}{5}}{-\frac{4n}{5}}\right]=+\frac{3}{2};$		$q_2$	$=$	$+\frac{3}{2};$
$b_1$	$=$	$\frac{\frac{2}{5}(\frac{3}{2}+1)-1}{\frac{2}{5}(\frac{3}{2}-\frac{2}{3})}=\frac{0}{\frac{1}{3}}=0;$		$b_2$	$=$	$\frac{1-\frac{2}{5}(\frac{2}{3}+1)}{\frac{2}{5}(\frac{3}{2}-\frac{2}{3})}=\frac{\frac{1}{3}}{\frac{1}{3}}=1;$
$a_1$	$=$	$\frac{5}{2};$		$a_2$	$=$	$0;$	$a_3$	$=$	$-\frac{5}{2}.$

This implies,

$h(m){|}_{n^{\prime }=0}$ $=$ $\frac{5}{2}[1-(1-m{)}^{2/3}].$

Q. E. D.

In addition, from p. 163 (Table 1) of 📚 Bodenheimer & Ostriker (1973) we find the following table of coefficient values.

Coefficients for $h(m)$ Expression [from K. Braly's (1969) unpublished undergraduate thesis, Princeton University]						Figure & caption extracted from p. 715 of B. K. Pickett, R. H. Durisen, & G. A. Davis (1996) The Dynamic Stability of Rotating Protostars and Protostellar Disks. I. The Effects of the Angular Momentum Distribution The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 458, pp. 714 - 738 © American Astronomical Society
$n^{\text{'}}$	$a_1$	$a_2$	$a_3$	${\alpha }_2=\frac{1}{q_1}$	${\alpha }_3=\frac{1}{q_2}$
0	+2.5	$\cdots$	-2.5	$\cdots$	$\frac{2}{3}$
$\frac{1}{2}$	+3.068133	+0.203667	-3.271800	+0.801297	$\frac{1}{2}$
1	+3.825819	+0.857311	-4.68313	+0.650981	$\frac{2}{5}$
$\frac{3}{2}$	+4.887588	+2.345310	-7.232898	+0.525816	$\frac{1}{3}$
2	+6.457897	+6.018111	-12.476007	+0.417472	$\frac{2}{7}$
$\frac{5}{2}$	+8.944150	+18.234305	-27.178455	+0.321459	$\frac{1}{4}$
3	+13.270061	+163.26149	-176.53154	+0.235287	$\frac{2}{9}$
Coefficients for $h(m)$ Expression used by 📚 Ostriker & Bodenheimer (1968), p. 1090, Eq. (6)
$\frac{3}{2}$	+4.8239	+1.8744	-6.6983	+0.5622	$\frac{1}{3}$

Double Check Vector Identities

Let's plug a few different simple rotation profiles into the Euler equation, using a cylindrical-coordinate base to demonstrate that the three expressions are identical, namely, that

$(\overrightarrow{v}\cdot \mathrm{\nabla })\overrightarrow{v}$

$=$

$\overrightarrow{\zeta }\times \overrightarrow{v}+\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{\nabla }(v^2)$

$=$

$\mathrm{\nabla }\mathrm{\Psi }.$

Uniform Rotation

In the case of uniform rotation, we have,

$\overrightarrow{v}={\hat{e}}_{\phi }(v_{\phi })={\hat{e}}_{\phi }(\varpi {\omega }_0)\Rightarrow \frac{j^2}{{\varpi }^3}=\frac{(\varpi v_{\phi }{)}^2}{{\varpi }^3}=\frac{({\varpi }^2{\omega }_0{)}^2}{{\varpi }^3}=\varpi {\omega }_0^2,$

where, ${\omega }_0$ is independent of radial position. This also means that,

$\mathrm{\Psi }\equiv -\int \frac{j^2(\varpi )}{{\varpi }^3}d\varpi =-\frac{1}{2}{\varpi }^2{\omega }_0^2;$

and,

$\overrightarrow{\zeta }=\mathrm{\nabla }\times \overrightarrow{v}$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[-\cancel{\frac{\partial v_{\phi }}{\partial z}}]+{\hat{e}}_z\left[\frac{1}{\varpi }\frac{\partial (\varpi v_{\phi })}{\partial \varpi }\right]$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z\left[\frac{1}{\varpi }\frac{\partial ({\varpi }^2{\omega }_0)}{\partial \varpi }\right]$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z(2{\omega }_0)$

[A]   Hence,

$(\overrightarrow{v}\cdot \mathrm{\nabla })\overrightarrow{v}$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[-\frac{v_{\phi }\cdot v_{\phi }}{\varpi }]$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[-\frac{(\varpi {\omega }_0)\cdot (\varpi {\omega }_0)}{\varpi }]=-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }(\varpi {\omega }_0^2).$

[B]   Alternatively,

$\overrightarrow{\zeta }\times \overrightarrow{v}+\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{\nabla }(v^2)$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z(2{\omega }_0)\times {\hat{e}}_{\phi }(\varpi {\omega }_0)+{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\frac{1}{2}[\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }({\varpi }^2{\omega }_0^2)]$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\{-(2{\omega }_0)(\varpi {\omega }_0)+(\varpi {\omega }_0^2)\}=-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }(\varpi {\omega }_0^2).$

[C]   Or,

$\mathrm{\nabla }\mathrm{\Psi }$

$=$

${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[-\frac{1}{2}\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }({\varpi }^2{\omega }_0^2)]=-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }(\varpi {\omega }_0^2).$

This demonstrates that, in the case of uniform angular velocity, all three expressions are identical.

Power Law

In the case of a power-law expression, we have,

$\overrightarrow{v}={\hat{e}}_{\phi }(v_{\phi })={\hat{e}}_{\phi }\left[\frac{j_0}{{\varpi }_0^2}\right(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{(q-1)}]\Rightarrow \frac{j^2}{{\varpi }^3}=[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^3}\left(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{(2q-3)}\right],$

where, $j_0$ and ${\varpi }_0$ are both independent of radial position. This also means that,

$\mathrm{\Psi }\equiv -\int \frac{j^2(\varpi )}{{\varpi }^3}d\varpi =-\frac{1}{2(q-1)}\left[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^2}\right(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{2(q-1)}];$

and,

$\overrightarrow{\zeta }=\mathrm{\nabla }\times \overrightarrow{v}$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[-\cancel{\frac{\partial v_{\phi }}{\partial z}}]+{\hat{e}}_z\left[\frac{1}{\varpi }\frac{\partial (\varpi v_{\phi })}{\partial \varpi }\right]$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z\frac{1}{\varpi }\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }\left[\frac{j_0}{{\varpi }_0}\right(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^q]$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z\frac{q}{\varpi }[\frac{j_0}{{\varpi }_0^{q+1}}(\varpi {)}^{q-1}]={\hat{e}}_{z}q[\frac{j_0}{{\varpi }_0^3}\left(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{q-2}\right].$

[D]   Hence,

$(\overrightarrow{v}\cdot \mathrm{\nabla })\overrightarrow{v}$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[-\frac{v_{\phi }\cdot v_{\phi }}{\varpi }]$
	$=$	$-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\frac{1}{\varpi }\left[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^4}\right(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{2(q-1)}]=-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^5}\left(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{(2q-3)}\right].$

[E]   Alternatively,

$\overrightarrow{\zeta }\times \overrightarrow{v}+\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{\nabla }(v^2)$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{z}q\left[\frac{j_0}{{\varpi }_0^3}\right(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{q-2}]\times {\hat{e}}_{\phi }[\frac{j_0}{{\varpi }_0^2}\left(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{(q-1)}\right]+{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\frac{1}{2}\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }\left[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^4}\right(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{(2q-2)}]$
	$=$	$-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }q\left[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^5}\right(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{2q-3}]+{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }(q-1)[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^5}\left(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{(2q-3)}\right]$
	$=$	$-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\left[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^5}\right(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{2q-3}].$

[F]   Or,

$\mathrm{\nabla }\mathrm{\Psi }$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }\{-\frac{1}{2(q-1)}[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^2}\left(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{2(q-1)}\right]\}$
	$=$	$-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }\left[\frac{j_0^2}{{\varpi }_0^3}\right(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{2q-3}]$

This demonstrates that, in the case of power-law angular velocity profile, all three expressions are identical.

Uniform v_φ

In the case of a uniform $v_{\phi }$ (i.e., a flat rotation curve), we have,

$\overrightarrow{v}={\hat{e}}_{\phi }(v_{\phi })={\hat{e}}_{\phi }{v}_0\Rightarrow \frac{j^2}{{\varpi }^3}=\frac{v_0^2}{\varpi },$

where, $v_0$ is independent of radial position. This also means that,

$\mathrm{\Psi }\equiv -\int \frac{j^2(\varpi )}{{\varpi }^3}d\varpi =-v_0^2\ln \left(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}\right);$

and,

$\overrightarrow{\zeta }=\mathrm{\nabla }\times \overrightarrow{v}$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[-\cancel{\frac{\partial v_{\phi }}{\partial z}}]+{\hat{e}}_z\left[\frac{1}{\varpi }\frac{\partial (\varpi v_{\phi })}{\partial \varpi }\right]$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z\left(\frac{v_0}{\varpi }\right).$

[G]   Hence,

$(\overrightarrow{v}\cdot \mathrm{\nabla })\overrightarrow{v}$

$=$

${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[-\frac{v_{\phi }\cdot v_{\phi }}{\varpi }]=-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\left[\frac{v_0^2}{\varpi }\right].$

[H]   Alternatively,

$\overrightarrow{\zeta }\times \overrightarrow{v}+\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{\nabla }(v^2)$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z\left(\frac{v_0}{\varpi }\right)\times {\hat{e}}_{\phi }{v}_0+{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\frac{1}{2}\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }(v_0^2)$
	$=$	$-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\left(\frac{v_0^2}{\varpi }\right).$

[I]   Or,

$\mathrm{\nabla }\mathrm{\Psi }$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }\{-v_0^2\ln (\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}\left)\right\}$
	$=$	$-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }{v}_0^2(\frac{\varpi }{{\varpi }_0}{)}^{-1}\frac{1}{{\varpi }_0}$
	$=$	$-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\left(\frac{v_0^2}{\varpi }\right).$

This demonstrates that, in the case of a constant $v_{\phi }$ profile, all three expressions are identical.

j-Constant Rotation

In the case of so-called j-constant rotation, we have,

$\overrightarrow{v}={\hat{e}}_{\phi }(v_{\phi })={\hat{e}}_{\phi }{\omega }_c\left[\frac{A^2\varpi }{A^2+{\varpi }^2}\right]\Rightarrow \frac{j^2}{{\varpi }^3}=\frac{(\varpi v_{\phi }{)}^2}{{\varpi }^3}=\frac{{\omega }_c^2}{\varpi }[\frac{A^2\varpi }{A^2+{\varpi }^2}{]}^2=[\frac{{\omega }_c^2{A}^4\varpi }{(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^2}],$

where, ${\omega }_c$, and the characteristic length, $A$, are both independent of radial position. This also means that,

$\mathrm{\Psi }\equiv -\int \frac{j^2(\varpi )}{{\varpi }^3}d\varpi =+\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{{\omega }_c^2{A}^4}{(A^2+{\varpi }^2)}\right];$

and,

$\overrightarrow{\zeta }=\mathrm{\nabla }\times \overrightarrow{v}$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[-\cancel{\frac{\partial v_{\phi }}{\partial z}}]+{\hat{e}}_z\left[\frac{1}{\varpi }\frac{\partial (\varpi v_{\phi })}{\partial \varpi }\right]$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z\left\{\frac{{\omega }_c}{\varpi }\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }\right[\frac{A^2{\varpi }^2}{A^2+{\varpi }^2}\left]\right\}$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z\frac{{\omega }_c}{\varpi }\left\{\right[2A^2\varpi (A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^{-1}]-[2A^2{\varpi }^3(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^{-2}\left]\right\}$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z[2{\omega }_c{A}^4(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^{-2}].$

[J]   Hence,

$(\overrightarrow{v}\cdot \mathrm{\nabla })\overrightarrow{v}$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[-\frac{v_{\phi }\cdot v_{\phi }}{\varpi }]$
	$=$	$-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\frac{{\omega }_c^2}{\varpi }[\frac{A^2\varpi }{A^2+{\varpi }^2}{]}^2=-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[\frac{{\omega }_c^2{A}^4\varpi }{(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^2}].$

[K]   Alternatively,

$\overrightarrow{\zeta }\times \overrightarrow{v}+\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{\nabla }(v^2)$	$=$	${\hat{e}}_z[2{\omega }_c{A}^4(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^{-2}]\times {\hat{e}}_{\phi }{\omega }_c[\frac{A^2\varpi }{A^2+{\varpi }^2}]+\frac{1}{2}{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }[{\omega }_c^2{A}^4{\varpi }^2(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^{-2}]$
	$=$	$-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\left[\frac{2{\omega }_c^2{A}^6\varpi }{(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^3}\right]+{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[{\omega }_c^2{A}^4\varpi (A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^{-2}-2{\omega }_c^2{A}^4{\varpi }^3(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^{-3}]$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[\frac{{\omega }_c^2{A}^4\varpi }{(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^2}-\frac{2{\omega }_c^2{A}^4{\varpi }^3}{(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^3}-\frac{2{\omega }_c^2{A}^6\varpi }{(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^3}]$
	$=$	${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[(A^2+{\varpi }^2)-2{\varpi }^2-2A^2]\frac{{\omega }_c^2{A}^4\varpi }{(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^3}$
	$=$	$-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\left[\frac{{\omega }_c^2{A}^4\varpi }{(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^2}\right].$

[L]   Or,

$\mathrm{\nabla }\mathrm{\Psi }$

$=$

${\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\frac{1}{2}\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }[{\omega }_c^2{A}^4(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^{-1}]=-{\hat{e}}_{\varpi }[\frac{{\omega }_c^2{A}^4\varpi }{(A^2+{\varpi }^2{)}^2}].$

This demonstrates that, in the case of a j-constant rotation profile, all three expressions are identical.

Technique

To solve the above-specified set of simplified governing equations we will essentially adopt Technique 3 as presented in our construction of spherically symmetric configurations. Using a barotropic equation of state — in which case $dP/\rho$ can be replaced by $dH$ — we can combine the two components of the Euler equation shown above back into a single vector equation of the form,

$\mathrm{\nabla }[H+{\mathrm{\Phi }}_{\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{f}}]=0,$

where it is understood that here, as displayed earlier, the gradient represents a two-dimensional operator written in cylindrical coordinates that is appropriate for axisymmetric configurations, namely,

$\mathrm{\nabla }f={\hat{e}}_{\varpi }\left[\frac{\partial f}{\partial \varpi }\right]+{\hat{e}}_z\left[\frac{\partial f}{\partial z}\right].$

This means that, throughout our configuration, the functions $H$($\rho$) and ${\mathrm{\Phi }}_{\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{f}}$($\rho$) must sum to a constant value, call it $C_{\mathrm{B}}$. That is to say, the statement of hydrostatic balance for axisymmetric configurations reduces to the algebraic expression,

$H+{\mathrm{\Phi }}_{\mathrm{e}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{f}}=C_{\mathrm{B}}$ .

This relation must be solved in conjunction with the Poisson equation,

$\frac{1}{\varpi }\frac{\partial }{\partial \varpi }\left[\varpi \frac{\partial \mathrm{\Phi }}{\partial \varpi }\right]+\frac{{\partial }^2\mathrm{\Phi }}{\partial z^2}=4\pi G\rho ,$

giving us two equations (one algebraic and the other a two-dimensional $2^{\mathrm{n}\mathrm{d}}$-order elliptic PDE) that relate the three unknown functions, $H$, $\rho$, and $\mathrm{\Phi }$.

See Also

• Part I of Axisymmetric Configurations: Simplified Governing Equations