Geometrized luminosity 2026-10-06
A geometrized luminosity is dimensionless because in geometrized units an energy and a time have the same dimension. Starting from SI luminosity, multiply by . The corresponding SI power unit is . Radiating a fraction of a mass at constant SI luminosity takes , or in seconds.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 50 2 b Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
Power is energy per time. In geometrized units, energy has the dimension of length and time is converted to length using , so the dimensionless geometrized luminosity isEquivalently, is the corresponding SI power unit. The lifetime for emitting the entire rest energy at the given constant luminosity isThe same result follows from . The stipulated full-mass radiation time is of order years; this is the constant-luminosity energy budget asked for, not a stellar-evolution calculation.