MHD cylindrical shock wave in self-gravitating gas

Summary Similarity solutions of the propagation of cylindrical blast waves through a self-gravitating polytropic gas caused by an instantaneous release of finite energy are investigated theoretically including the influence of transverse magnetic field. A comparative study of the distributions of velocity, density, mass, pressure, temperature and magnetic field has been illustrated through figures. The authors of this paper have agreed to not receive the proofs for correction.