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<math>\log_\mathrm{10}\biggl[\biggl(\frac{\mu_e}{\mu_c}\biggr)^{-5/2}\theta_i^{-5} \biggr]</math> | <math>\log_\mathrm{10}\biggl[\biggl(\frac{\mu_e}{\mu_c}\biggr)^{-5/2}\theta_i^{-5} \biggr]</math> | ||
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<td align="left" colspan="3">NOTE: In all three diagrams, the dashed vertical line identifies the value of the abscissa when it is evaluated for the interface location, <math>\xi_i = 1.668462981</math>. In each case, this vertical line intersects a key turning point along the model sequence. | |||
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<td align="center" colspan="6"><b>Properties of Turning-Points Along Sequences Having Various <math>\mu_e/\mu_c</math></b></td> | |||
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<td align="center" rowspan="2"><math>\frac{\mu_e}{\mu_c}</math></td> | |||
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<td align="center" colspan="2">(Fixed <math>M_\mathrm{tot}</math>)</td> | |||
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<td align="right">1.000</td> | |||
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Main Sequence to Red Giant to Planetary Nebula[edit]
Part I: Background & Objective
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Preface[edit]
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As has been detailed in an accompanying chapter, we have successfully analyzed the relative stability of pressure-truncated polytopes. The curves shown here on the right in Figure 1 graphically present the mass-radius relationship for pressure-truncated model sequences having a variety of polytropic indexes, as labeled, over the range . (Another version of this figure includes the isothermal sequence, for which .)
Along each sequence for which , the green filled circle identifies the model with the largest mass. This maximum-mass model is the polytropic analogue of the Bonnor-Ebert mass, which was identified independently by 📚 Ebert (1955) and 📚 Bonnor (1956) in the context of studies of pressure-truncated isothermal equilibrium configurations.
- The maximum-mass model's position along each sequence has been determined analytically by setting
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By solving the LAWE associated with various models along each equilibrium sequence, we have shown that the eigenfrequency of the fundamental-mode of radial oscillation is zero for each one of these maximum-mass models.
- Solutions to the LAWE were initially obtained via numerical integration techniques, in which case we were only able to make this association approximately;
- To our surprise, we also have been able to determine analytically an expression that defines the eigenfunction of the marginally unstable equilibrium model along each sequence ; as a result we have been able to show that the eigenfrequency associated with the maximum-mass model is precisely zero.
Key Realization: Along sequences of pressure-truncated polytropes, the maximum-mass models identify precisely where the onset of dynamical instability occurs.
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Using similar techniques, we have successfully analyzed the relative stability of bipolytropic configurations that have . Our analytically constructed equilibrium model sequences replicate the ones originally presented by 📚 Eggleton, Faulkner, & Cannon (1998) for this same pair of bipolytropic indexes; and they serve as analogues of the sequences that were constructed numerically by 📚 Henrich & Chandrasekhar (1941) and 📚 Schönberg & Chandrasekhar (1942) for bipolytropic configurations that have .
Following HC41 and SC42, we have found it particularly useful to label each equilibrium model according to the key structural parameters, and . The curves shown here on the right in Figure 2 graphically present the relationship for bipolytropic model sequences that have a variety of molecular-weight jumps, , at the core-envelope interface, as labeled. Along each Fig. 2 sequence for which , the green filled circle identifies the model with the largest mass ratio, . This maximum-mass model is a polytropic analogue of the Schönberg-Chandrasekhar mass limit, which was identified by HC41 and SC42 in the context of their studies of stars with isothermal cores.
- The maximum-mass model's position along each sequence has been determined analytically by setting
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By solving the LAWE associated with various models along each equilibrium sequence, we have shown that the eigenfrequency of the fundamental-mode of radial oscillation is zero for each one of these maximum-mass models.
- Solutions to the LAWE were initially obtained via numerical integration techniques, in which case we were only able to make this association approximately;
- To our surprise, we also have been able to determine analytically an expression that defines the eigenfunction of the marginally unstable equilibrium model along each sequence ; as a result we have been able to show that the eigenfrequency associated with the maximum-mass model is precisely zero.
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As a result, for example (see details below), if we hold the central-density — as well as and — constant along an equilibrium sequence, mass will scale as …
If instead (see details below) we hold — as well as and — constant along an equilibrium sequence, mass will scale as …
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Equilibrium Sequence Expressions[edit]
From the relevant interface conditions, we find,
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This last expression shows that if and are both held fixed, then the interface pressure, , will be constant along the sequence of equilibrium models.
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| 1.000 | 1.6684629814 | 12.03999149 | 0.092175036 | 3.46986909 | 0.712724159 |
| 0.9 | 1.4459132276 | 13.67957562 | 0.091291571 | 3.50879154 | 0.688526899 |
| 0.8 | 1.0482530437 | 17.09391244 | 0.086279818 | 3.69798999 | 0.58112284 |
| 0.75 | 0.7170001608 | 20.48027265 | 0.079651055 | 3.91920968 | 0.484075667 |
| 0.74 | 0.6365283705 | 21.40307774 | 0.0777495 | 3.97973335 | 0.464464039 |
Fixed Total Mass[edit]
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Again, drawing from previous Examples in which — as well as and — is held fixed, equilibrium models obey the relations,
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Following the Lead of Yabushita75[edit]
Here in the context of bipolytropes, we want to construct an interface-pressure versus volume plot; and mass-versus-central density plots like the ones displayed for truncated isothermal spheres in Figure 1 of an accompanying discussion, and as displayed for a bipolytrope in Figure 1 (p. 445) of 📚 S. Yabushita (1975, MNRAS, Vol. 172, pp. 441 - 453).
In our accompanying chapter that presents example models of bipolytropes, we have adopted the following normalizations:
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In the heading of Figure 6 from our accompanying presentation of the properties of marginally unstable oscillation modes in bipolytropes, we point to the (Excel spreadsheet) "Data File" that contains most of the relevant model details. See specifically,
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Abstract[edit]
The analysis presented by 📚 Eggleton, Faulkner, & Cannon (1998) is essentially an analysis of the diagram. We can determine analytically at what value of the core-to-total mass ratio reaches a maximum () for various values of . For example, . Our LAWE analysis shows that none of these turning points is associated with the onset of a dynamical instability.
On the other hand, our LAWE analysis does identify a marginally unstable equilibrium configuration along every sequence; even sequences with . For example, .
Truncated n = 5 Polytrope[edit]
In Figure 3 of an accompanying discussion, we show where various turning points lie along the equilibrium sequence of truncated polytropes.
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- For all , the location along the relevant sequence presents an analogous turning point whose location and whose eigenfunction is known analytically.
Bipolytropes with (nc, ne) = (5, 1)[edit]
q - ν Sequence Plots[edit]
In Figure 1 of an accompanying discussion, we show — via a plot in the diagram — how the bipolytrope sequence behaves for various values of the molecular-weight ratio over the range, .

Figure 1: Analytically determined plot of fractional core mass () versus fractional core radius () for bipolytrope model sequences having six different values of : 1 (blue diamonds), ½ (red squares), 0.345 (dark purple crosses), ⅓ (pink triangles), 0.309 (light green dashes), and ¼ (purple asterisks). Along each of the model sequences, points marked by solid-colored circles correspond to models whose interface parameter, , has one of three values: 0.5 (green circles), 1 (dark blue circles), or 3 (orange circles); the images linked to Table 2 provide plots of the density, pressure and mass profiles for nine of these identified models.
According to our accompanying discussion, in terms of the parameters,
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KEY RESULT: Over the range, , there is a value of above which no equilibrium configurations exist. We have determined the location of this "turning point" by setting, ; our derived result is,
Maximum Fractional Core Mass, (solid green circular markers)
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10.744571 0.1591479 0.1493938 0.4903393 0.1663869 2.1760793 -31.55254 -31.55254 0.068652714 0.382383875 0.3090
8.8301772 0.1924833 0.1750954 0.6130669 0.2053811 2.2958639 -18.47809 -18.47808 0.076265588 0.331475715 4.9379256 0.3309933 0.2342522 1.4179907 0.4064595 2.761622 -2.601255 -2.601257 0.084824137 0.139370157 Recall that,
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The EFC98 Sequence Plot[edit]
📚 Eggleton, Faulkner, & Cannon (1998) also analytically determined the structure of models along various sequences; their Figure 1 displays the behavior of vs. for a range of . Note that,
KEY RESULT (to be done): From our original derivation, we have generated a plot intended to replicate Figure 1 from EFC98; then we have marked on each sequence the location of the mass-extremum (i.e., when ) as determined by our above analytically derived result.
Yabushita75 Guidance[edit]
Alternatively, as derived above, setting leads to the expression,
For the solution to this expression is . For other parameter choices, see here, for example.
LAWE Sol'n Max. Mtot 1 1.6686460157 1.668462981 2.2792811317 n/a Related Discussions[edit]
- Instability Onset Overview
- Analytic
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