Luminosity integral of an index-five polytrope
ID: luminosity-integral-of-an-index-five-polytrope
For a gas-pressure-supported polytrope of index five with uniform mean molecular weight, . A specific stellar energy-generation rate therefore integrates to . Substituting gives the displayed formula, convergent for . At its dimensionless coefficient is approximately . The scale factor is a volume, , rather than an area.
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