Polytropic Parker wind
= Polytropic Parker wind
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A polytropic Parker wind is isentropic with $p=K\rho^\gamma$. Its sound speed changes with density, and a wind reaching infinity with positive terminal kinetic energy requires $1<\gamma<5/3$.
= Polytropic Parker wind
{c}
A polytropic Parker wind is isentropic with $p=K\rho^\gamma$. Its sound speed changes with density, and a wind reaching infinity with positive terminal kinetic energy requires $1<\gamma<5/3$.