Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of u/Polytropes


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Timestamp:
07/23/13 14:18:50 (12 years ago)
Author:
Erini Lambrides
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    4242Since these requirements occur at the same point, the boundaries are in fact initial conditions. Thus, for every polytropic index value, there can only be one solution to the Lane-Emden equation.
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     44[[Image(FinitePolytropes.svg,50%)]]
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    4446The surface of a polytropic star is the value of [[latex($\xi$)]]when [[latex($\theta = 0$)]], this will be defined as when [[latex($\xi = \xi_{1}$)]]. Thus the surface is defined when the physical pressure and density go to zero.
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