For a negligible-mass ideal-gas envelope above a core of mass , with constant luminosity and Kramers' opacity law, division of hydrostatic equilibrium by radiative diffusion gives . Taking the outer pressure constant to be negligible yields , where , and . Hydrostatic equilibrium then gives , so with . The radiative-zero choice is exact for a vanishing-temperature boundary at infinity and a deep-envelope approximation for a very extended finite star. It is not implied by small surface temperature alone at a specified finite radius.
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