Degeneracy, the virial theorem, and stellar collapse Export

@article{citeulike:3734178, abstract = {Formulae for the energies of degenerate non-relativistic and ultra-relativistic Fermi gases play multiple roles in simple arguments related to the collapse of a stellar core to a neutron star. These formulae, deployed in conjunction with the virial theorem and a few other basic physical principles, provide surprisingly good estimates of the temperature, mass, and radius (and therefore also density and entropy) of the core at the onset of collapse; the final radius and composition of the cold compact remnant; and the total energy lost to neutrino emission during collapse.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Cardall, Christian Y.}, citeulike-article-id = {3734178}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0114}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0812.0114}, day = {29}, eprint = {0812.0114}, keywords = {astro, pedagogical}, month = {Nov}, posted-at = {2008-12-02 08:34:54}, priority = {2}, title = {Degeneracy, the virial theorem, and stellar collapse}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0114}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3734178 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3734178 N2 - Formulae for the energies of degenerate non-relativistic and ultra-relativistic Fermi gases play multiple roles in simple arguments related to the collapse of a stellar core to a neutron star. These formulae, deployed in conjunction with the virial theorem and a few other basic physical principles, provide surprisingly good estimates of the temperature, mass, and radius (and therefore also density and entropy) of the core at the onset of collapse; the final radius and composition of the cold compact remnant; and the total energy lost to neutrino emission during collapse. TI - Degeneracy, the virial theorem, and stellar collapse KW - astro KW - pedagogical AU - Cardall, Christian PY - 2008/Nov/29/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0114 ER -