PX282 - D1 - stellar interiors
- consider a spherically-symmetric star of a radius,
, and a mass, , which has a spherical shell of a thickness, , and a mass, , with a density, is the luminosity coming from inside the shell - from hydrostatic equilibrium, the stellar structure equations:
- with equation
, the pressure and the temperature at the core can be estimated - assuming
- average
- since
- this gives:
- the real values is
due to increased near the core - assuming the core is an ideal gas,