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Radiation-to-gas pressure boundary

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For a nondegenerate fully ionized gas, equating Pgas​=ρkB​T/(μmol​mu​) with Pγ​=arad​T4/3 gives T3=3kB​ρ/(arad​μmol​mu​). Radiation dominates at higher temperature for fixed density. A degenerate Electron gas requires its degeneracy pressure instead of extrapolating this ideal-gas formula.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2014 / iii / Paper 55 / 4 / Solution
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