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==Adiabatic Evolution of Pressure-truncated Sphere== Here we seek to determine the equilibrium radius of a non-rotating configuration (<math>~J = 0</math>) that undergoes adiabatic compression/expansion (<math>\delta_{1\gamma_g} =~0</math>) and that is embedded in a hot, tenuous external medium whose confining pressure, <math>~P_e</math>, truncates the configuration. ===Solution=== In this case, virial equilibrium implies that <math>~\chi_\mathrm{eq}</math> is given by the root(s) of the equation, <div align="center"> <math> 3(\gamma_g-1) B\chi^{3 -3\gamma_g} ~ -~A\chi^{-1} -~ 3D\chi^3 = 0 \, . </math> </div> Hence, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~D</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> (\gamma_g-1) B\chi_\mathrm{eq}^{-3\gamma_g} - \frac{A}{3}\chi_\mathrm{eq}^{-4} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>\Rightarrow ~~~~\frac{4\pi}{3} R_0^3 P_e</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> \biggl[ K M_\mathrm{tot} \biggl( \frac{3M_\mathrm{tot} }{4\pi R_0^3} \biggr)^{\gamma_g - 1} \cdot \mathfrak{f}_A \biggr] \chi_\mathrm{eq}^{-3\gamma_g} - \biggl[ \frac{1}{5} \frac{GM_\mathrm{tot} ^2}{R_0} \cdot \mathfrak{f}_W \biggr] \chi_\mathrm{eq}^{-4} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>\Rightarrow ~~~~ P_e</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> \biggl[ K \biggl( \frac{3M_\mathrm{tot} }{4\pi R_\mathrm{eq}^3} \biggr)^{\gamma_g} \cdot \mathfrak{f}_A \biggr] - \biggl[ \biggl(\frac{3}{20\pi} \biggr) \frac{GM_\mathrm{tot} ^2}{R_\mathrm{eq}^4} \cdot \mathfrak{f}_W \biggr] </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> P_c \cdot \mathfrak{f}_A - \biggl(\frac{3}{20\pi} \biggr) \frac{GM_\mathrm{tot} ^2}{R_\mathrm{eq}^4} \cdot \mathfrak{f}_W \, , </math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> where, in the last step as was [[SSC/VirialEquilibrium/UniformDensity#Comparison_with_Detailed_Force-Balance_Model|recognized above]], we have set, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~K</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>P_c \biggl( \frac{4\pi R_\mathrm{eq}^3}{3M_\mathrm{tot}} \biggr)^{\gamma_g} \, .</math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> Hence, for any external pressure, <math>~P_e < P_c</math>, the pressure-confined equilibrium radius is, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math> ~R_\mathrm{eq} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> \biggl[ \biggl(\frac{3}{20\pi} \biggr) \frac{GM_\mathrm{tot} ^2}{P_c} \cdot \frac{\mathfrak{f}_W}{\mathfrak{f}_A} \biggl( 1 - \frac{P_e}{P_c} \cdot \frac{1}{\mathfrak{f}_A} \biggr)^{-1} \biggr]^{1/4} \, . </math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> ===Comparison with Detailed Force-Balance Model=== It is reasonable to ask how close this virial expression for the equilibrium radius is to the [[SSC/Structure/UniformDensity#Uniform-Density_Sphere_Embedded_in_an_External_Medium|exact result]]. As before, from a free-energy analysis alone, the best we can do is assume that both structural form factors, <math>~\mathfrak{f}_W</math> and <math>\mathfrak{f}_A</math>, are of order unity. But we can do better than this. To begin with, because <math>~\rho</math> is uniform throughout the configuration, <math>~\mathfrak{f}_W = 1</math>, even though the configuration is truncated by the imposed external pressure. We need to reassess how <math>~\mathfrak{f}_A</math> is evaluated, however, because the pressure does not drop to zero at the surface of the configuration. Going back to our [[SSCpt1/Virial#Energy_Content_for_a_System_of_a_Given_Size_and_Internal_Structure|original definition of the thermodynamic energy reservoir for spherically symmetric adiabatic systems]], <div align="center"> <math>\mathfrak{W}_A = \frac{1}{({\gamma_g}-1)} \int_0^R 4\pi r^2 P dr \, ,</math> </div> we begin by normalizing the radial coordinate to <math>~R_0</math>, the radius of the isolated (''i.e.,'' not truncated) sphere, because we know [[SSC/Structure/UniformDensity#Summary|from the detailed force-balanced solution]] that, structurally, the pressure varies with <math>~r</math> inside the configuration as, <div align="center"> <math>\frac{P(x)}{P_c} = 1 - x^2 \, ,</math> </div> where, <math>~x \equiv r/R_0</math>. Integrating only out to the edge of the ''truncated'' sphere, which we will identify as <math>~R_e</math> and, correspondingly, <div align="center"> <math>~x_e \equiv \frac{R_e}{R_0} = \biggl( 1 - \frac{P_e}{P_c} \biggr)^{1/2} \, ,</math> </div> we have, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\mathfrak{W}_A</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>\frac{4\pi P_c R_0^3}{({\gamma_g}-1)} \int_0^{x_e} ( 1-x^2 ) x^2 dx</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> \frac{4\pi P_c R_0^3}{({\gamma_g}-1)} \biggl[ \frac{x^3}{3}-\frac{x^5}{5} \biggr]_0^{x_e} = \frac{P_c }{({\gamma_g}-1)} \biggl( \frac{4\pi R_e^3}{3} \biggr) \biggl[ 1-\frac{3}{5}x_e^2 \biggr] </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> \frac{M_\mathrm{tot} }{({\gamma_g}-1)} \biggl( \frac{P_c}{\rho_c} \biggr) \biggl[ 1-\frac{3}{5}\biggl(1 - \frac{P_e}{P_c}\biggr) \biggr] \, . </math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> Hence, in the case of a pressure-truncated, uniform-density sphere, we surmise that the relevant structural form factor is, <div align="center"> <math> \mathfrak{f}_A = 1-\frac{3}{5}\biggl(1 - \frac{P_e}{P_c}\biggr) = \frac{2}{5} + \frac{3}{5}\frac{P_e}{P_c} \, . </math> </div> Plugging this expression for <math>~\mathfrak{f}_A</math> along with <math>~\mathfrak{f}_W = 1</math> into the [[SSC/VirialEquilibrium/UniformDensity#Comparison_with_Detailed_Force-Balance_Model_2|just-derived virial equilibrium solution]] gives, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\biggl(\frac{3}{20\pi} \biggr) \frac{GM_\mathrm{tot} ^2}{R_\mathrm{eq}^4} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> ~P_c \cdot \biggl[ \frac{2}{5} + \frac{3}{5}\frac{P_e}{P_c} \biggr] - P_e </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> ~\frac{2}{5} P_c \biggl( 1 - \frac{P_e}{P_c} \biggr) </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>\Rightarrow ~~~~ R_\mathrm{eq}</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math> \biggl[ \biggl( \frac{3}{2^3\pi} \biggr) \frac{G M^2}{P_c} \biggl( 1 - \frac{P_e}{P_c} \biggr)^{-1} \biggr]^{1/4} \, . </math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> This result exactly matches the solution for the equilibrium radius of a pressure-truncated, uniform-density sphere that has been [[SSC/Structure/UniformDensity#Uniform-Density_Sphere_Embedded_in_an_External_Medium|derived elsewhere]].
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