 Stellar kinetic-energy tensor (source code)

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= Stellar kinetic-energy tensor
{title2=$T_{ij}=\tfrac12\int\rho u_iu_j\,d^3x$}

This tensor records the ordered <kinetic energy> of the <streaming velocity> $u_i=\langle v_i\rangle$. It excludes random motion; its vanishing is compatible with a nonzero <stellar pressure-energy tensor>.

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