SSC/Stability/n1PolytropeLAWE/Pt4
Radial Oscillations of n = 1 Polytropic Spheres (Pt 4)
Part I: Search for Analytic Solutions |
Part II: New Ideas |
Part III: What About Bipolytropes? |
Part IV: Most General Structural Solution |
Preamble Regarding Chatterji
As far as we have been able to ascertain, the first technical examination of radial oscillation modes in polytropes was performed — using numerical techniques — in 1951 by L. D. Chatterji; at the time, he was in the Mathematics Department of Allahabad University. His two papers on this topic were published in, what is now referred to as, the Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy (PINSA). The citations that immediately follow this opening paragraph provide inks to both of these papers by Chatterji, but the links may be insecure. Apparently Springer is archiving recent PINSA volumes, but their holdings do not date back as early as 1951.
- 📚 L. D. Chatterji (1951, PINSA, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 467 - 470), Radial Oscillations of a Gaseous Star of Polytropic Index I
- 📚 L. D. Chatterji (1952, PINSA, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 187 - 191), Anharmonic Pulsations of a Polytropic Model of Index Unity
A detailed review of Chatterji51 is provided in an accompanying discussion.
Equilibrium Structure
When , the relevant Lane-Emden equation is,
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and we find that the solution is, quite generally,
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If we set , we can rewrite the expression for as,
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SUMMARY of EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURE
and switching notation from to When , the relevant Lane-Emden equation is, . Its solution, quite generally, is
where and are scalar constants, in which case,
Alternatively, drawing from Eq. (6) of Beech88, this solution can be written in the form,
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where, in terms of the coefficients and ,
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Establish Relevant (n=1) LAWE
From a related discussion — or a broader overview of Instability Onset — we find the
Furthermore — see, for example, here,
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in which case for ,
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Isolated Sphere
For an isolated n = 1 polytrope, we know that,
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Hence, the relevant LAWE is,
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LAWE for n = 1 Polytrope
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Spherical Shell
In the context of a spherically symmetric n = 1 shell (envelope) outside of a spherically symmetric bipolytropic core, we should adopt the more general Lane-Emden structural solution,
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Reminder: the expression for is, .
Playing around a bit, we find that, |
As a result, the governing LAWE becomes,
Let's plug in the expression for , namely, . We have, first of all,
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Note for later use that,
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Hydrostatic Balance and Virial Equilibrium
General Expression for Virial
Here we draw heavily from our accompanying "style sheet" synopsis of spherically symmetric configurations.
First, we pull the equation for
from subsection ① of the synopsis; then, guided by subsection ②, we multiply both sides through by and integrate over the volume. This gives,
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where we have used the relations,
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Now, given that,
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we can rewrite the integral expression in the form,
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where,
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Calculate Relevant Energy Expressions
Adopting the energy normalization shown here01 along with the other variable normalizations defined here02, we have …
Thermal Energy
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Plugging in the derived radial profiles for and , we have,
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After making the substitution, , this expression matches the expression for obtained separately.
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For later use, we note that,
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Gravitational Potential Energy
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Plugging in the derived radial profiles for , and , we have,
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This expression matches the expression for obtained separately.
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For later use, we note that,
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Stability Analysis
Here, as well, we draw heavily from our accompanying "style sheet" synopsis of spherically symmetric configurations.
This time, we pull the
LAWE: Linear Adiabatic Wave (or Radial Pulsation) Equation
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from subsection ④ of the synopsis; then, guided by subsection ⑤, we multiply both sides through by to obtain,
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Now, given that,
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we can rewrite this last expression in the form,
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Note that, in order to obtain the last term on the RHS of this expression, we used the hydrostatic balance relation to replace the pressure gradient in terms of the gravitational potential. Finally, integrating over the volume of the configuration gives,
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or,
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TERM1
Given that (from above),
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Furthermore, given that for a truncated configuration,
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Hence, after making the replacement , we find that,
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where, we have completed the integral with the assistance of the WolframAlpha online integrator:

TERM2
Given that (from above),
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Furthermore, given that (as above) for a truncated configuration,
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Hence, after making the replacement , we find that,
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See Also
- Equilibrium Model Parameter Profiles (Table of Parameters)
- Instability Onset Overview
- Index Less that 3
- Radial Oscillations of n=1 Polytropic Spheres
- Synopsis Style Sheet
- Free Energy of (nc, ne) = (5, 1) Bipolytrope
- One Discussion
- Another Discussion <== Very Useful Analytic Integrals
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