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:

\lambda_J=rac{2\pi}{k_J}=c_s\left(rac{\pi}{Garrho}
ight)^{1/2}

Where G is the Gravitational Constant ,

c_s

is the Sound Speed , and

arrho

is the enclosed mass density.

It is also the distance a Sound Wave would travel in the Collapse Time .

SEE ALSO

Jeans Mass (a different statement of the same problem)

Langmuir Waves (similar waves in a plasma)

Jeans Instability