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Entropy dependence of a polytropic mass-radius relation (R∝Kn/(3−n)M(1−n)/(3−n))

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For a finite regular polytrope with fixed index, the scale α2∝Kρc(1−n)/n​ implies Mn−1R3−n∝Kn. Thus, for n=3, R∝Kn/(3−n)M(1−n)/(3−n). For n=3/2, R∝KM−1/3. Fixed composition makes the cold electron degeneracy pressure coefficient approximately fixed, but a convective ideal gas has K controlled by entropy. A stellar sequence with changing entropy therefore need not follow the fixed-K negative slope.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2015 / iii / Paper 59 / 3 / a / Solution

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