SSC/Structure/BiPolytropes/FreeEnergy51/Pt3
Free Energy of BiPolytrope with (nc, ne) = (5, 1)[edit]
Part I: Mass Profile
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Part II: Gravitational Potential Energy
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Part III: Thermal Energy Reservoir
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Thermodynamic Energy Reservoir[edit]
The Core[edit]
From our introductory discussion of the free energy of bipolytropes, the energy contained in the core's thermodynamic reservoir may be written as,
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where,
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defines the relevant integral over the core's pressure distribution. According to our derivation of the properties of detailed force-balance bipolytropes — see also the relevant derivations in our accompanying overview — in this case the pressure throughout the core is defined by the dimensionless function,
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where, is defined above in connection with our derivation of the mass profile. The desired integral over this pressure distribution therefore gives,
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Next, let's examine the factor in square brackets with an "eq" subscript. From our derivation of the properties of detailed force-balance bipolytropes, we know that,
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Hence, the relevant factor may be rewritten as,
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where, the last expression has been obtained by employing the substitution, defined above, . Finally, then, we have,
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As it should, the term inside the curly brackets precisely matches the analytic expression for the dimensionless thermal energy of the core, , that has been derived elsewhere in conjunction with our discussion of the detailed force-balanced structure of this bipolytrope.
The Envelope[edit]
Similarly, the energy contained in the envelope's thermodynamic reservoir may be written as,
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where,
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defines the relevant integral over the envelope's pressure distribution. According to our derivation of the properties of detailed force-balance bipolytropes — see also the relevant derivations in our accompanying overview — the pressure throughout the envelope is defined by the dimensionless function,
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where, has been defined above in connection with our derivation of the envelope's mass profile. The desired integral over this pressure distribution therefore gives,
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where, as before, we have dropped the integration constant because it cancels upon insertion of the specified integration limits. Therefore, we have,
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Now, drawing from our above derivation steps and discussion, we know that,
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and
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Finally, then, we can write,
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The term inside the curly brackets precisely matches the analytic expression for the dimensionless thermal energy of the envelope, , that has been derived elsewhere in conjunction with our discussion of the detailed force-balanced structure of this bipolytrope.
Virial Theorem[edit]
As has been shown in our accompanying overview, the condition for equilibrium based on a free-energy analysis — that is, the virial theorem — is,
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For bipolytropes, the relevant coefficient functions are,
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where,
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Plugging these expressions into the equilibrium condition shown above, and setting the interface pressures equal to one another, gives,
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This exactly matches the equilibrium relation that was derived from our detailed force-balance analysis of bipolytropes.
Related Discussions[edit]
- Free-energy determination of equilibrium configurations for BiPolytropes with and .
- Free-energy determination of equilibrium configurations for BiPolytropes with and .
- Analytic solution of Detailed-Force-Balance BiPolytrope with and .
- Analytic solution of Detailed-Force-Balance BiPolytrope with and .
- Old Bipolytrope Generalization derivations.
See Also[edit]
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