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A vacuum cavity of radius
a
(
t
)
in an infinite inviscid incompressible fluid of density
ρ
and far-field pressure
p
0
obeys
a
a
¨
+
2
3
a
˙
2
=
−
ρ
p
0
.
(50)
If
a
(
0
)
=
a
0
and
a
˙
(
0
)
=
0
, its collapsing branch satisfies
a
˙
=
−
3
ρ
2
p
0
(
a
3
a
0
3
−
1
)
.
(51)
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