Modulational Instability for Gravitoelectromagnetic Perturbations with Longitudinal and Transverse Modes

The modulational instability for longitudinal and transverse gravitoelectromagnetic (GEM) perturbations is investigated on the basis of the self-generated gravitomagnetic field equations in a self-gravitating system. Analytical results indicate that the instability may lead the initially uniformly distributed matter collapse into a small region where the density of matter and the quasi-static self-generated gravitomagnetic field are strongly enhanced. There will be a pancake-like structure because the characteristic scale of longitudinal perturbation is much larger than the transverse one. The anisotropic accumulation of matter and the generation of a gravitomagnetic field are in favor of the formation of a rotationally pancake-like structure.