Convective stability of a constant-opacity irradiated atmosphere

A constant radiative-diffusion coefficient and constant gravity give $T^4=T_0^4+4AP/g$. Thus ${\nabla }_{\mathrm{rad}}=AP/(g{T}^4)<1/4$ for $T_0>0$. A diatomic ideal gas has adiabatic temperature gradient $2/7$, so this idealized profile never becomes convective. A physical radiative-convective boundary requires additional opacity, flux, or thermodynamic variation.