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a criterion that a rotating disk of stars or gas resists local gravitational collapse when its velocity dispersion and rotation are high enough relative to its surface density.

In astrophysics, Toomre stability criterion refers to a criterion that a rotating disk of stars or gas resists local gravitational collapse when its velocity dispersion and rotation are high enough relative to its surface density. This meaning comes from Toomre (1964) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Toomre, A. (1964). On the gravitational stability of a disk of stars. The Astrophysical Journal, 139, 1217. https://doi.org/10.1086/147861

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