Astrophysical gravitational collapse

Abstract

In this thesis we reviewed astrophysical collapses relevant to star formation and compact objects. In the case of star formation scenario, we reviewed the agents of molecular cloud collapse where gravity, turbulence, thermal and magnetic pressures play major roles. In the case of stellar collapse to compact objects, we reviewed the general relativistic hydrostatic equation to rediscover the collapse conditions and the mass-radius relationships of the compacts using the Lane-Emden equations. For the analysis of the results we have used the latest Mathematica 13 to plot graphs. Our results are in good agreement with the previous works