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Polytropic Parker wind
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Created
2026-09-28
Updated
2026-11-05
A
Polytropic Parker wind
is isentropic with
p
=
K
ρ
γ
. Its
sound
speed
changes with
density
, and
a
wind
reaching
infinity
with positive terminal kinetic
energy
requires
1
<
γ
<
5/3
.
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