In astrophysics, the Chandrasekhar virial equations are a hierarchy of moment equations of the Euler equations, developed by the Indian American astrophysicist...
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In mechanics, the virial theorem provides a general equation that relates the average over time of the total kinetic energy of a stable system of discrete...
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Chandrasekhar, S. (1989). Selected Papers, Vol 4, Plasma Physics, Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic stability, and applications of the Tensor-Virial theorem...
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Emden–Chandrasekhar equation Chandrasekhar tensor Chandrasekhar virial equations Chandrasekhar's X- and Y-function Chandrasekhar's Variational Principle...
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{\displaystyle \nabla ^{4}\chi =8\pi G\rho } . Virial theorem Chandrasekhar virial equations Chandrasekhar, S; Lebovitz NR (1962). "The Potentials and the...
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Stellar dynamics (category Equations of astronomy)
Boltzmann equation, these moments are then related by various forms of continuity equations, of which most notable are the Jeans equations and Virial theorem...
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bound to the mass of cold, non-rotating neutron stars, analogous to the Chandrasekhar limit for white dwarf stars. Stars more massive than the TOV limit collapse...
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in astrophysics. As examples, the virial theorem may be used to estimate stellar temperatures or the Chandrasekhar limit on the mass of white dwarf stars...
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internal gravitational force. Mathematically this is expressed using the virial theorem, which states that to maintain equilibrium, the gravitational potential...
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doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043102. Parker, E.N. (1954). "Tensor Virial Equations". Physical Review. 96 (6): 1686–1689. Bibcode:1954PhRv...96.1686P....
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theoretical and observational astronomy. In 1933, Zwicky was the first to use the virial theorem to postulate the existence of unseen dark matter, describing it...
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Earth can be calculated numerically as U = 2.49×1032 J. According to the virial theorem, the gravitational binding energy of a star is about two times its...
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processes 1870 – Clausius proves the scalar virial theorem 1872 – Ludwig Boltzmann states the Boltzmann equation for the temporal development of distribution...
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Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability, and Applications of the Tensor-Virial Theorem, 4, 85. Littlewood, J. E. (1962). Lorentz's pendulum problem (No...
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atom and the energy mec2 equivalent to the mass of an electron. Using the virial theorem in the Bohr model of the atom U el = 2 U kin , {\displaystyle...
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13 September 2024. ... derive the total potential of M31, estimating the virial mass and radius of the galaxy to be 0.8 ± 0.1 × 10^12 M⊙ and 240 ± 10 kpc...
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1803–1882) Radha Gobinda Chandra (Bangladesh, India, 1878–1975) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (India, United States, 1910–1995) Carl Charlier (Sweden, 1862–1934)...
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