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Maclaurin Toroid

Maclaurin Toroid Sequence MPT77

In a separate chapter, we focused on the pioneering work of 📚 F. W. Dyson (1893, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London. A., Vol. 184, pp. 43 - 95), 📚 F. W. Dyson (1893, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. London. A., Vol. 184, pp. 1041 - 1106) and, more recently, 📚 C. -Y. Wong (1974, ApJ, Vol. 190, pp. 675 - 694), who determined the approximate equilibrium structure of axisymmetric, uniformly rotating, incompressible tori. We will refer to these uniformly rotating configurations as "Dyson-Wong tori."

Here, we summarize the work of 📚 P. S. Marcus, W. H. Press, & S. A. Teukolsky (1977, ApJ, Vol. 214, pp. 584 - 597) — hereafter, MPT77 — who constructed a sequence of toroidal-shaped, self-gravitating, incompressible configurations that are not uniformly rotating but, rather, have a distribution of angular momentum that is identical to the distribution found in a uniformly rotating, uniform-density sphere. As we have pointed out in our associated overview of "simple rotation curves", this chosen (cylindrical) radial distribution of specific angular momentum is given by the expression,

$\dot{\phi }{\varpi }^2$	$=$	$\frac{5L}{2M}\{1-[1-m(\varpi ){]}^{2/3}\},$
📚 Stoeckly (1965), §II.c, Eq. (12) 📚 Ostriker & Mark (1968), Eq. (45) 📚 Bodenheimer & Ostriker (1970), Eq. (12) 📚 Bodenheimer & Ostriker (1973), Eq. (3)

where, $L$ is the total angular momentum, $M$ is the total mass, the mass fraction,

$m(\varpi )\equiv \frac{M_{\varpi }(\varpi )}{M},$

and $M_{\varpi }(\varpi )$ is the mass enclosed within a cylinder of radius, $\varpi$. Such equilibrium models are often referred to as $n^{\prime }=0$ configurations, although MPT77 do not use this terminology. Following the lead of MPT77, we will refer to each of their equilibrium configurations as a "Maclaurin Toroid."

Maclaurin Spheroid Reminder

As has been demonstrated in our accompanying discussion of the Maclaurin spheroid sequence, the (square of the) normalized angular momentum that is associated with a spheroid of eccentricity, $e\equiv (1-c^2/a^2{)}^{1/2}$, is,

$L_{*}^2\equiv \frac{L^2}{(G{M}^3\overline{a})}$	$=$	$\frac{6}{5^2}[(3-2e^2)(1-e^2{)}^{1/2}\cdot \frac{{\sin }^{-1}e}{e^3}-\frac{3(1-e^2)}{e^2}](1-e^2{)}^{-2/3}.$
📚 Marcus, Press, & Teukolsky (1977), §IVa, p. 591, Eq. (4.2)

In that same discussion, we have demonstrated that that the corresponding ratio of rotational to gravitational potential energy is given by the expression,

$\tau \equiv \frac{T_{\mathrm{r}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{t}}}{|W_{\mathrm{g}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{v}}|}$	$=$	$\frac{1}{2e^2{\sin }^{-1}e}[(3-2e^2){\sin }^{-1}e-3e(1-e^2{)}^{1/2}].$
📚 Marcus, Press, & Teukolsky (1977), §IVc, p. 594, Eq. (4.4)

Figure 4 from this accompanying discussion shows how $L_{*}$ varies with $\tau$ along the Maclaurin Spheroid sequence. In an effort to conform to MPT77's presentation, our Figure 1 (immediately below) displays the same information as displayed in Figure 4 of this separate chapter, but the axes have been swapped and the maximum displayed value of $L_{*}$ has been extended from 1 to 3.

EFE Diagram   Figure 1   Figure 2 This multicolor curve also appears as a solid black curve in: Fig. 5 (p. 594) of 📚 Marcus, Press, & Teukolsky (1977) This multicolor curve also appears as a solid black curve in: Fig. 4 (p. 593) of 📚 Marcus, Press, & Teukolsky (1977)

Constructed Maclaurin Toroid Models

📚 Marcus, Press, & Teukolsky (1977) did not create a tabulated description of the models that they constructed along their so-called "Maclaurin Toroid" sequence. Throughout their paper, however, they identify the properties of a selected group of equilibrium models. Here is a list of the Maclaurin Toroid models that we have pulled from their discussion.

Model	$L_{*}$	Spheroid Equivalent			Notes …
		$e$	$\tau$	$E_{\mathrm{t}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{t}}=(T+W)/E_{\mathrm{T}\mathrm{7}\mathrm{8}}$
$L^{-}$	$\sim 0.775$	$\sim 0.994$	$\sim 0.4058$	$-0.25011$	Toroid does not exist
$L_0$	$0.792\pm 0.002$	$0.9949\pm 0.0001$	$0.41195$	$-0.24263$	Total energy of toroid is same as the total energy of Maclaurin spheroid with same $L_{*}$.
	$0.8732$	$0.9975$	$0.4367$	$-0.21014$	Marginally stable Maclaurin spheroid and associated toroid; see MPT77's Figure 2 (p. 592). Also, one (of five) meridional cross-sections displayed in MPT77's Figure 3 (p. 593)
$L^{+}$	$0.965175$	$0.99892$	$0.45747$	$-0.17857$	Analytically known (!) onset of dynamical instability along Maclaurin spheroid sequence; see § 33 of EFE and the last row of Table B.1 from 📚 Bardeen (1971)
	$0.9852$	$0.99910$	$0.46104$	$-0.17252$	Four (of five) meridional cross-sections displayed in MPT77's Figure 3 (p. 593)
	$1.0731$	$0.99960$	$0.47369$	$-0.14847$
	$1.1489$	$0.99980$	$0.48125$	$-0.13104$
	$1.2262$	$0.9998999$	$0.486665$	$-0.11597$

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