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Title:
Qualitative explanations for red giant formation
Authors:
Bhaskar, R.; Nigam, Anil
Affiliation:
AA(IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY), AB(IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY)
Publication:
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 372, May 10, 1991, p. 592-596. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
05/1991
Category:
Astrophysics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS, RED GIANT STARS, STAR FORMATION, STELLAR INTERIORS, RADIATIVE TRANSFER, STELLAR ENVELOPES, STELLAR LUMINOSITY, STELLAR MODELS
DOI:
10.1086/170003
Bibliographic Code:
1991ApJ...372..592B

Abstract

Recent research on giant formation has focused on the need for qualitative explanations. The explanations have the following general, qualitative form: the polytrope n assumes a certain value, that makes (d ln r)/(d ln z) take on a very large value; large increases in r can then be explained in terms of small changes in the variable z. This form is applicable to all the explanations current in the literature: they all have (1) either implicitly or explicitly, both a hydrostatic component and a luminosity-opacity component, and (2) a reliance on singular solutions. Dimensional analysis reveals that power laws that assume the polytrope n to 5 are identical in both the hydrostatic and luminosity-based explanations.

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