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===Our Approach=== | |||
When our objective is to construct steady-state equilibrium models of rotationally flattened, axisymmetric configurations, the [[User:Tohline/AxisymmetricConfigurations/Equilibria#Axisymmetric_Configurations_.28Steady-State_Structures.29|accompanying introductory chapter]] shows how the overarching set of [[User:Tohline/PGE#Principal_Governing_Equations|principal governing equations]] can be reduced in form to the following set of three coupled ODEs (expressed either in terms of cylindrical or spherical coordinates): | When our objective is to construct steady-state equilibrium models of rotationally flattened, axisymmetric configurations, the [[User:Tohline/AxisymmetricConfigurations/Equilibria#Axisymmetric_Configurations_.28Steady-State_Structures.29|accompanying introductory chapter]] shows how the overarching set of [[User:Tohline/PGE#Principal_Governing_Equations|principal governing equations]] can be reduced in form to the following set of three coupled ODEs (expressed either in terms of cylindrical or spherical coordinates): | ||
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This set of simplified governing relations must then be supplemented by: (a) a choice of the governing, barotropic equation of state; and (b) a specification of the equilibrium configurations's desired rotation profile. | |||
One can immediately appreciate that, independent of the chosen coordinate base, the first expression listed among this trio of ODEs derives from the ''differential representation'' of the Poisson equation as [[User:Tohline/AxisymmetricConfigurations/PoissonEq#Overview|discussed elsewhere]] and as has been reprinted here as Table1. | |||
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<tr><th align="center" colspan="2"><font size="+0">Table 1: Poisson Equation</font></th></tr> | |||
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<th align="center">Integral Representation</th> | |||
<th align="center">Differential Representation </th> | |||
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<math>~ \Phi(\vec{x})</math> | |||
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<math>~ -G \int \frac{\rho(\vec{x}^{~'})}{|\vec{x}^{~'} - \vec{x}|} d^3x^' \, .</math> | |||
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<span id="ConservingMomentum:Eulerian"><font color="#770000">'''Eulerian Representation'''</font></span><br /> | |||
of the Euler Equation, | |||
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===Approach Outlined by Ostriker, Bodenheimer & Lynden-Bell (1966)=== | |||
Our described approach is, of course, fundamentally the same as the approach outlined by OBLB (1966). | |||
=See Also= | =See Also= |
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Rotationally Flattened White Dwarfs
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Introduction
As we have reviewed in an accompanying discussion, Chandrasekhar (1935) was the first to construct models of spherically symmetric stars using the barotropic equation of state appropriate for a degenerate electron gas. In so doing, he demonstrated that the maximum mass of an isolated, nonrotating white dwarf is <math>M_3 = 1.44 (\mu_e/2)M_\odot</math>. A concise derivation of <math>~M_3</math> is presented in Chapter XI of Chandrasekhar (1967).
Something catastrophic should happen if mass is greater than <math>~M_3</math>. What will rotation do? Presumably it can increase the limiting mass.
- J. P. Ostriker, P. Bodenheimer & D. Lynden-Bell (1966), Phys. Rev. Letters, 17, 816: Equilibrium Models of Differentially Rotating Zero-Temperature Stars
… work by Roxburgh (1965, Z. Astrophys., 62, 134), Anand (1965, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S., 54, 23), and James (1964, ApJ, 140, 552) shows that the [Chandrasekhar (1931, ApJ, 74, 81)] mass limit <math>~M_3</math> is increased by only a few percent when uniform rotation is included in the models, … In this Letter we demonstrate that white-dwarf models with masses considerably greater than <math>~M_3</math> are possible if differential rotation is allowed … models are based on the physical assumption of an axially symmetric, completely degenerate, self-gravitating fluid, in which the effects of viscosity, magnetic fields, meridional circulation, and relativistic terms in the hydrodynamical equations have been neglected. |
Solution Strategy
Our Approach
When our objective is to construct steady-state equilibrium models of rotationally flattened, axisymmetric configurations, the accompanying introductory chapter shows how the overarching set of principal governing equations can be reduced in form to the following set of three coupled ODEs (expressed either in terms of cylindrical or spherical coordinates):
Cylindrical Coordinate Base | Spherical Coordinate Base | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Poisson Equation
The Two Relevant Components of the
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Poisson Equation
The Two Relevant Components of the
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This set of simplified governing relations must then be supplemented by: (a) a choice of the governing, barotropic equation of state; and (b) a specification of the equilibrium configurations's desired rotation profile.
One can immediately appreciate that, independent of the chosen coordinate base, the first expression listed among this trio of ODEs derives from the differential representation of the Poisson equation as discussed elsewhere and as has been reprinted here as Table1.
Table 1: Poisson Equation | ||||||
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Integral Representation | Differential Representation | |||||
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Eulerian Representation
of the Euler Equation,
<math>~\frac{\partial\vec{v}}{\partial t} + (\vec{v}\cdot \nabla) \vec{v}= - \frac{1}{\rho} \nabla P - \nabla \Phi</math>
Approach Outlined by Ostriker, Bodenheimer & Lynden-Bell (1966)
Our described approach is, of course, fundamentally the same as the approach outlined by OBLB (1966).
See Also
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