SSC/Structure/BiPolytropes/51RenormaizePart2
Radial Oscillations in (nc,ne) = (5,1) Bipolytropes
Logically, this chapter extends the discussion — specifically the subsection titled, Try Again — found in the "Ramblings" chapter in which we introduced a total-mass-based renormalization of models along sequences of bipolytropes.
Building Each Model
Basic Equilibrium Structure
Most of the details underpinning the following summary relations can be found here.
Note: For an n = 5 polytrope (like our bipolytrope's core), the units of the polytropic constant, , are .
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Note that, for a given specification of the molecular-weight ratio, , and the interface location, , in which case,
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One of the Linearized Equations
From an accompanying discussion, the linearized "Euler + Poisson Equations" is,
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If we shift to our above-specified, new normalization and insert the relation, , we have,
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Throughout the core, then,
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Let's relate this to the displacement functions summary, namely,
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From the structural solution for equilibrium, polytropes, we know that,
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Therefore, for structures,
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Hence, we find that,
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For completeness, note that the LHS can be rewritten as,
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Rescale for Bonnor-Ebert-Type Analysis
Let's rescale all these relations in such a way that the mass in the core remains constant along the sequence.
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Additional Relations
Core
The analytically prescribed radial pressure gradient in the core can be obtained as follows.
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Also,
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Hence,
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For comparison, in hydrostatic balance we expect …
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This matches our earlier expression, as it should.
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Takeaway Expression
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Envelope
Given that, for the envelope,
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we deduce that,
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As a cross-check …
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and,
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That is,
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Correct!
Time-Dependent Euler Equation
We begin with the form of the,
Euler Equation
that is broadly relevant to studies of radial oscillations in spherically symmetric configurations. Recognizing from, for example, a related discussion that, , and that,
we obtain our
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Given as well that,
we see that,
Next, if as above, we multiply through by , we obtain the relevant,
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Normalized Euler Equation |
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where, as a reminder, the dimensionless time is,
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CAUTION! Regarding Our Chosen Lagrangian Fluid Marker
If we were to use as our primary Lagrangian fluid marker, we would be in a position to analytically specify the function, . Here, however, we will call upon rather than to serve as the primary Lagrangian fluid marker because mass facilitates our efforts to highlight a variety of important physical properties of bipolytropic configurations. We will therefore need to specify the function, instead of . For the core, this choice does not introduce any particularly difficult computational challenges because we can invert the relationship analytically to obtain …
where,
This is not the case for the envelope, however; we will not be able to analytically specify . This is unfortunate, as a numerical (rather than analytic) specification will necessarily introduce additional errors into our solution of the displacement function — which already is a small and error-prone quantity. We will nevertheless proceed along this line. |
Example Models Along BiPolytrope Sequence 0.3100
For the case of and , we consider here the examination of models with three relatively significant values of the core/envelope interface:
- Model D : Approximate location along the sequence of the model with the maximum fractional core radius.
- Model C : Approximate location along the sequence of the onset of fundamental-mode instability.
- Model A : Exact location along the sequence of the model with the maximum fractional core mass.
Model C Finite-Difference Representation
Here we examine a discrete representation of a model along the sequence whose core/envelope interface is located at ; whose core mass-fraction is ; and for which, .
Treatment of the Core
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STEP1: Divide the core into grid lines — that is, into radial zones — associating the first "grid line" with the center of the core and the last grid line with the radial location of the core/envelope interface; in Table C1, we have set . Choosing as the principal Lagrangian coordinate, and using the available analytic expressions, assign values to the following physical quantities at each grid line:
- Mass (see column titled tilde M_r in Table C1): Set ; then, for , set
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Polytropic radial coordinate (see column titled xi from M_r in Table C1): Given that, , determine the value of associated with each gridline's value of from the expression,
For example, at the 21st gridline (associated with the core/envelope interface), this expression gives the expected, .
- Given the value of at each gridline, determine the associated values of — see the columns in Table C1 titled tilde r, tilde rho, tilde P — using the appropriate analytic expressions for the Core as provided above. For example, at the 21st gridline (associated with the core/envelope interface), we find, , , and .
STEP2: Building upon the results of STEP1, determine the value of at each gridline in the (initially) equilibrium model; see the column of Table C1 titled M/(r pi r^4).
- As stated in the above Takeaway Expression, this will simultaneously provide a precise evaluation of the pressure gradient, , at each gridline when the configuration is in equilibrium.
- After a perturbation is introduced into the (initially equilibrium) configuration, both the pressure gradient and the quantity, , will deviate from their equilibrium values and, quite generally, from each other. (Actually, will not vary because, by definition, it is our time-invariant Lagrangian fluid marker; but the pressure gradient and the denominator of the second term, , will vary.) Then, as expressed by the above Normalized Euler Equation, the sum of these two perturbed quantities will dictate the strength and direction of the unbalanced acceleration that will be felt by the Lagrangian fluid element at each gridline.
STEP3: Our discrete representation of Model C will be constructed in such a way as to preserve, at each gridline location, the analytically determined values of the Lagrangian marker, , and the corresponding value of (the initial) . In doing so, we must expect that our discrete evaluation of and will differ from values determined in the continuum model. We choose to adopt the following paths toward evaluation of these two scalar quantities:
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Given that, in STEP1, we established a grid on which the spacing between gridlines is uniform, we choose here to evaluate midway between gridlines and to evaluate the pressure gradient via the (2nd-order accurate) expression,
Note that the difference between the pair of discrete mid-zone values of the pressure that appears in the numerator of the term on the right-hand-side of this expression straddles the discrete grid in such a way that the left-hand-side pressure gradient is centered on the nth gridline. This is as desired because the pressure gradient should be compared with , which is also evaluated on each gridline.
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We will also evaluate midway between gridlines. Then, at the center of each core grid zone, we can use the exact relationship between the normalized pressure and normalized density — namely,
to determine from or, after inversion, to determine from for all .
STEP4: By design, the mass contained within every spherical shell of our discrete model is and — even after a perturbation is introduced — for all , the differential volume of the various shells is,
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In an effort to satisfy the continuity equation, throughout our discrete model we will relate the gas density of each spherical shell to the bounding radii of that shell via the expression,
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ASIDE
Unperturbed …
Combined …
This should be compared with the more traditional derivation of the linearized continuity equation, which gives,
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- Values of the normalized density computed in this manner have been recorded in the column titled rho_FD of Table C1; the subscript "FD" stands for "Finite Difference". For example, in the shell just before the core/envelope interface , we find .
- We have determined the value of the normalized pressure that corresponds to each of these "Finite Difference" values of the density using the algebraic relation presented above in STEP3; their values have been recorded in the column titled P_FD of Table C1. For example, in the shell just before the core/envelope interface , we find .
- From our determination of throughout the core, values of the normalized pressure gradient have been computed in the manner described above in STEP3:, and have been recorded in the column titled (dP/dM)_FD of Table C1. For example, at the gridline, we find .
STEP5: Throughout the core, compare evaluation of the finite-difference representation of the (absolute value of the) pressure gradient to an evaluation of the unperturbed and analytically prescribed profile of the quantity, . The left-hand segment of Figure C1 provides such a comparison; actually, for reasons that will become clear later, we have multiplied both quantities by before plotting.
Behavior at the Interface
It is worth pointing out that the second derivative of the pressure (with respect to ) exhibits a discontinuous jump at the interface. Specifically,
The smooth, solid curves in Figure C1 (blue for the core and green for the envelope) show the analytically prescribed behavior of the quantity, as a function of throughout the unperturbed Model C. These curves intersect at the core/envelope interface (marked by the vertical, black dashed line), which means that the quantity, has the same value whether viewed from the perspective of the core or from the perspective of the envelope. But, as the figure illustrates, the curves exhibit different slopes at the interface.
Quite generally we can write,
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This means that, for the core,
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Specifically at the interface (from the perspective of the core),
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And for the envelope,
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Now, pulling from our original derivation, we appreciate that,
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Hence, at the interface (from the perspective of the envelope) we find,
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A pair of line-segments with arrowheads has been added to Figure C1:
They illustrate that the slope of the function, , has a discontinuous jump at the interface. Given that, in the Model C equilibrium configuration, this also illustrates that this bipolytropic model has a discontinuous jump in the second-derivative of the pressure (with respect to ) at the core/envelope interface. |
Note that this discontinuity will disappear in a model for which the two slopes have the same value, that is, when,
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This will never occur in this bipolytropic model.
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Evaluation of the Logarithmic Derivative
At the beginning of this subsection, we demonstrated that, quite generally,
It is therefore the case that, at the interface and from the perspective of the core,
while, at the interface but from the perspective of the envelope,
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Treatment of the Envelope
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STEP11: Divide the envelope into grid lines — that is, into radial zones — associating the first "grid line" with the location of the core/envelope interface and the last grid line with the radial location of the surface of the bipolytropic configuration; in Table C2, we have set . Choosing as the principal Lagrangian coordinate, and using the available analytic expressions, assign values to the following physical quantities at each grid line:
- Mass (see 1st column titled tilde M_r in Table C2): Set ; then, for , set
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First and last polytropic radial coordinates: In the above summary of various physical variable profiles, we have provided expressions for the envelope's polytropic radial coordinate at the core/envelope interface and at the surface . Evaluating these expressions for Model C, we find,
These two values appear, respectively, as the first and last numbers in the (2nd) column of Table C2, titled eta_guess.
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All other polytropic radial coordinates (see the "" numerical values that are highlighted in yellow in the column titled eta_guess in Table C2): Next, we need to determine what value of is associated with each Lagrangian fluid marker (i.e., each gridline) that lies between the interface and the surface. Referring again to the above summary of various physical variable profiles, we can determine analytically the value of that is associated with any selected value of , via the relation,
but what we really need is to invert this relation to obtain . Unfortunately, unlike our experience with the core, for which we were able to invert the relation to obtain an analytic prescription for — see STEP1 above — here, we are unable to analytically invert our expression.
Instead, for each gridline we guessed the value of which, when plugged into the expression, would give the value of that was already assigned to that gridline; by trial-and-error, we revised our guess for until the desired value of the normalized mass (see the column titled tilde M_r) was obtained (usually, to 6 or 7 digit accuracy). Table C2 provides the following record: At each gridline, our final/best iterative "guess" for is highlighted in yellow in the (2nd) column titled eta_guess; the value of that is obtained by plugging this "best guess" value of into the relation is recorded in the (3rd) column titled M_r from eta; and the (4th) column titled error shows the fractional difference between this value and the desired value — as was our goal, all measured errors are zero, to at least six significant digits.
- Given the "best guess" value of at each gridline, determine the associated values of — see the (5th, 6th, and 7th) columns in Table C2 titled tilde r, tilde rho, tilde P — using the appropriate analytic expressions for the Envelope as provided above. For example, at the 20th gridline (associated with the first gridline just inside the surface) where our "best guess" is , we find, , , and .
STEP12: As was done above, in STEP2, for the core, determine here for the envelope the value of at each gridline in the (initially) equilibrium model; see the (8th) column of Table C2 titled M/(r pi r^4).
STEP13: As was done in STEP3 for the core — but, here, for the envelope — we choose to evaluate midway between gridlines and to evaluate the pressure gradient via the (2nd-order accurate) expression,
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Notice that the denominator on the right-hand-side of this expression is (for the envelope) rather than (for the core). And, as with our treatment of the core, the difference between the pair of discrete mid-zone values of the pressure that appears in the numerator of this right-hand-side term straddles the discrete grid in such a way that the left-hand-side pressure gradient is centered on the nth gridline.
At the center of each envelope grid zone, we can use the exact relationship between the normalized pressure and normalized density — namely,
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— to determine from or, after inversion, to determine from for all .
STEP14: Akin to our treatment of the core (STEP4), the mass contained within every spherical shell of our discrete model of the envelope is and, in an effort to satisfy the continuity equation, throughout our discrete model we will relate the gas density of each spherical shell to the bounding radii of that shell via the expression,
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- Values of the normalized density computed in this manner have been recorded in the (9th) column titled rho_FD of Table C2. For example, in the first shell just inside the surface , we find .
- We have determined the value of the normalized pressure that corresponds to each of these "Finite Difference" values of the density using the algebraic relation presented just above; their values have been recorded in the (10th) column titled P_FD of Table C2. For example, in the first shell just inside the surface , we find .
- From our determination of throughout the envelope, values of the normalized pressure gradient have been computed in the manner described above in STEP13, and have been recorded in the (11th) column titled (dP/dM)_FD of Table C2. For example, at the gridline, we find .
STEP15: Throughout the envelope, compare evaluation of the finite-difference representation of the (absolute value of the) pressure gradient to an evaluation of the unperturbed and analytically prescribed profile of the quantity, . The right-hand segment of Figure C1 provides such a comparison; actually, for reasons that will become clear later, we have multiplied both quantities by before plotting.
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Same as Figure C2, except higher resolution with . |
varies with mass shell throughout the equilibrium model, after setting ; this data has been recorded in the column titled "Alternate_FD error" in Table C1.
Model C Perturbations
Moving from the Center, Outward through the Core
- Remembering that the "gridline" with n = 1 is at the center of the configuration, specify value of at n = 2.
- Determine , which is the first radial zone.
- Determine from the core's equation of state.
- Evaluate the pressure gradient at n = 2 by calculating , appreciating that .
- Knowing the pressure gradient at the n = 2 gridline, and the perturbed pressure at n = 1.5, determine .
- Determine from the core's equation of state.
- Knowing and at n = 2, determine at n = 3.
- Evaluate the pressure gradient at n = 3 by calculating , appreciating that .
- Knowing the pressure gradient at the n = 3 gridline, and the perturbed pressure at n = 2.5, determine .
Repeat from #6 … until we've determined at n = 21, that is, the perturbation at the core/envelope interface. Also, go ahead and evaluate the perturbed pressure gradient at the interface; ultimately we need this pressure gradient (as viewed from the perspective of the core) to match the pressure gradient as viewed from then perspective of the envelope.
See Also
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Appendices: | VisTrailsEquations | VisTrailsVariables | References | Ramblings | VisTrailsImages | myphys.lsu | ADS | |