Main Sequence to Red Giant to Planetary Nebula (Part 2)
Foundation
In an accompanying discussion, we derived the so-called,
Adiabatic Wave (or Radial Pulsation) Equation
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whose solution gives eigenfunctions that describe various radial modes of oscillation in spherically symmetric, self-gravitating fluid configurations.
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Introducing the dimensionless frequency-squared, , we can rewrite this LAWE as,
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where, as a reminder, . Now, for our bipolytrope, we have found it useful to adopt the following four dimensionless variables:
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This means that,
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Making these substitutions, the LAWE can be rewritten as,
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then, multiplying through by allows us to everywhere switch from to , namely,
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In shorthand, we can rewrite this equation in the form,
where,
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and,
and,
Specific Case of (nc, ne) = (5,1)
Drawing from our "Table 2" profiles, let's evaluate and for the two separate regions of bipolytrope model.
The nc = 5 Core
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Also,
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Hence, the LAWE becomes,
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Multiplying through by gives,
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Let's compare this with the equivalent expression presented separately, namely,
Polytropic LAWE (linear adiabatic wave equation)
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where: and,
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The primary E-type solution for n = 5 polytropes states that,
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Hence, the LAWE may be written as,
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Versus above,
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If we set and we set , this becomes,
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Next, try the solution, and :
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The ne = 1 Envelope
Throughout the envelope we have,
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Hence,
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and,
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Let's compare this with the equivalent expression presented separately, namely,
Polytropic LAWE (linear adiabatic wave equation)
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where: and,
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The equilibrium, off-center equilibrium solution for n = 1 polytropes states that,
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Hence, the LAWE may be written as,
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First Try
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in which case,
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Now set and set :
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We see that the complexity of the LAWE reduces substantially if we set ; specifically, this choice gives,
Close, but no cigar!
Second Try
Next, let's set but let's leave unspecified:
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The first term goes to zero if we set ; then, in order for the second term to go to zero, we need …
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This means that the envelope is incompressible.
Third Try
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