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Astrophysics

the runaway instability of self-gravitating systems with negative heat capacity, in which the core contracts and heats as it loses energy.

In astrophysics, gravothermal catastrophe refers to the runaway instability of self-gravitating systems with negative heat capacity, in which the core contracts and heats as it loses energy. This meaning comes from Lynden-Bell (1968) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.[1]

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Lynden-Bell, D., Wood, R., & Royal, A. (1968). The Gravo-Thermal Catastrophe in Isothermal Spheres and the Onset of Red-Giant Structure for Stellar Systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 138(4), 495-525. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/138.4.495

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