Concept information
Preferred term
Gravitational instability
Definition
- The process by which fluctuations in an infinite medium of size greater than a certain length scale (the Jeans length) grow by self-gravitation. (en)
Broader concept
Editorial note
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/668
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