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Tuesday, March 29, 2022
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online Event

Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar

Self-similar gravitational collapse for the Euler-Poisson equations
Matthew Schrecker, Department of Mathematics, University College London,

The Euler-Poisson equations give the classical model of a self-gravitating star under Newtonian gravity. It is widely expected that, in certain regimes, initially smooth initial data may give rise to blow-up solutions, corresponding to the collapse of a star under its own gravity. In this talk, I will present recent work with Yan Guo, Mahir Hadzic and Juhi Jang that demonstrates the existence of smooth, radially symmetric, self-similar blow-up solutions for this problem. At the heart of the analysis is the presence of a sonic point, a singularity in the self-similar model that poses serious analytical challenges in the search for a smooth solution.

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