The Solar Interior. I

Gravitational energy. Thermal equilibrium. Hydrogen burning.

Please read or reread the following in Carroll & Ostlie.

10.1	Hydrostatic Equilibrium
	Determining the Internal Structure of Stars — The Derivation of the Hydrostatic Equilibrium Equation^ — The Equation of Mass Conservation*

10.2	Pressure Equation of State
	The Derivation of the Pressure Integral^ — The Ideal Gas Law in Terms of the Mean Molecular Weight^* — The Average Kinetic Energy Per Particle*

10.3	Stellar Energy Sources
	Gravitation and the Kelvin-Helmholtz Timescale — The Nuclear Timescale — Quantum Mechanical Tunneling

^* These sections were previously assigned.

None this week.

Joshua E. Barnes (barnes at ifa.hawaii.edu)

Updated: 16 November 2012
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~barnes/ast241_f12/si1.html