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Chapter 3, Problem 15P

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Problem 3.15. In Problem 1.55 you used the virial theorem to estimate the heat capacity of a star. Starting with that result, calculate the entropy of a star, first in terms of its average temperature and then in terms of its total energy. Sketch the entropy as a function of energy, and comment on the shape of the graph.

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QUESTION:

Problem 3.15. In Problem 1.55 you used the virial theorem to estimate the heat capacity of a star. Starting with that result, calculate the entropy of a star, first in terms of its average temperature and then in terms of its total energy. Sketch the entropy as a function of energy, and comment on the shape of the graph.

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The heat capacity of a gravitationally bound system is estimated using the virial theorem as

where  is the number of particles in the star.

 

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