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and note that the expression for the coefficient, <math>~b_\eta</math>, becomes simpler as well, specifically, | and note that the expression for the coefficient, <math>~b_\eta</math>, becomes simpler as well, specifically, | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:04, 18 January 2024
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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Here we present a specific example of the equilibrium structure of a bipolytrope as determined from a free-energy analysis. The example is a bipolytrope whose core has a polytropic index, , and whose envelope has a polytropic index, . The details presented here build upon an overview of the free energy of bipolytropes that has been presented elsewhere.
Preliminaries[edit]
Mass Profile[edit]
The Core[edit]
The core has . Referring to the general relation as established in our accompanying overview, and using to represent the central density, we can write,
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Drawing on the derivation of detailed force-balance models of bipolytropes, the density profile throughout the core is,
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where the dimensionless radial coordinate is,
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Switching to the normalizations that have been adopted in the broad context of our discussion of configurations in virial equilibrium and inserting the adiabatic index of the core into all normalization parameters, we have,
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Hence, we can rewrite,
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Now, following the same approach as was used in our introductory discussion and appreciating that our aim here is to redefine the coordinate, , in terms of normalized parameters evaluated in the equilibrium configuration, we will set,
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Then we can set,
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in which case,
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where the coefficient,
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We therefore have,
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Note that, when , . Hence, this last expression gives,
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Hence, finally,
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and, after the equilibrium radius, , has been determined from the free-energy analysis, the coefficient, , can be determined via the relation,
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MORE USEFUL: Letting, ,
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The Envelope[edit]
The envelope has . Again, referring to the general relation as established in our accompanying overview, and continuing to use to represent the central density, we can write,
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Drawing on the derivation of detailed force-balance models of bipolytropes, the density profile throughout the envelope is,
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where definitions of the constants and are given in an accompanying table of parameter values, and the dimensionless radial coordinate is,
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Using the same radial and mass-density normalizations as defined, above, for the core, we can write,
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Next, we set,
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Hence, we can write,
where,
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In which case,
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so,
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where, is a constant obtained by evaluating the integral at the interface , specifically,
Now, this expression can be significantly simplified by drawing on earlier results of this section as well as on attributes of the corresponding detailed force-balanced model. First, independent of the specific density profiles that define the structure of a bipolytrope, the ratio of the mean densities of the two structural regions is,
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Hence the bracketed pre-factor of the second term of the expression for may be rewritten as,
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But, from the above derivation of the mass profile in the core, we know that,
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where the final step comes from knowledge of the expression for drawn from the detailed force-balanced model (see, for example, the associated Parameter Values table). Hence, we can write,
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and note that the expression for the coefficient, , becomes simpler as well, specifically,
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Next — and, again, drawing from knowledge of the internal structure of the detailed force-balanced model, in particular, realizing that,
— note that the constant, , can be rewritten as,
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which means,
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MORE USEFUL: Letting, ,
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See Also[edit]
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Appendices: | VisTrailsEquations | VisTrailsVariables | References | Ramblings | VisTrailsImages | myphys.lsu | ADS | |