- #1
gamer3999
- 1
- 0
Imagine that a star could be composed entirely of protons so that Thomson scattering by protons dominated the stellar opacity. How luminous, in [tex]L_{\odot}[/tex], would the star have to be to blow itself apart by radiation pressure?
I know that the luminosity has to be greater than the eddington luminosity so that radiation pressure is greater that gravity.
The equation I have for scattering for protons is [tex] \sigma_{T} = \frac{1*C^2}{6\pi}* (\frac{p^2}{(m_{p} * c^2)})^2[/tex]
This gives me [tex]3.90 * 10^{-35} meters^2[/tex]
The eddington luminosity equation is then [tex] L = \frac{4\pi*G*(m_{p}*C*mass of star)}{\sigma_{T}} [/tex]
The problem is that I wasn't given a mass or radius for the star, so I'm stuck.
I know that the luminosity has to be greater than the eddington luminosity so that radiation pressure is greater that gravity.
The equation I have for scattering for protons is [tex] \sigma_{T} = \frac{1*C^2}{6\pi}* (\frac{p^2}{(m_{p} * c^2)})^2[/tex]
This gives me [tex]3.90 * 10^{-35} meters^2[/tex]
The eddington luminosity equation is then [tex] L = \frac{4\pi*G*(m_{p}*C*mass of star)}{\sigma_{T}} [/tex]
The problem is that I wasn't given a mass or radius for the star, so I'm stuck.
Last edited: