1. White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars 1.1. Equations of State ...
When we examine the mass and radius of the various solutions, we ?nd a strange thing. The larger the mass of the star, the smaller its radius! In fact, for the lower mass white dwarfs, we ?nd R ? M?1/3. This behavior can be derived from the virial theorem, making use of the P ? ?5/3 equation of state, as you are asked to do in the homework. (The virial theorem approach will not, of ...
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