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Kramers homology with a variable nuclear exponent (R∝M(ν−7/2)/(ν+5/2))

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For a chemically uniform, gas-pressure-supported stellar homology with Kramers' opacity law and specific heating ϵ=ϵ0​ρTν, radiative diffusion in a star gives L∝κ0−1​μ15/2M11/2R−1/2. Nuclear heating gives L∝ϵ0​μνMν+2R−ν−3. Equating them yields Rν+5/2∝ϵ0​κ0​μν−15/2Mν−7/2. Thus ν=7/2 gives a mass-independent radius, whereas ν=23/2 gives R∝M4/7 and L∝M73/14. The coefficients and dimensionless profiles must be fixed; this is an idealized radiative model rather than a universal stellar law.

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