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Consider a spherically symmetric density distribution.
Using the Poisson equation, obtain the potential () and the gravitational acceleration () for a density distribution shown below.
Hint: The Poisson equation (2.11) for the spherically
symmetric system is
Kohji Tomisaka
2007-07-08