Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Group photograph
- List of participants
- Preface
- Reviews
- 1 Equations of state in stellar structure and evolution
- 2 Equation of state of stellar plasmas
- 3 Statistical mechanics of quantum plasmas. Path integral formalism
- 4 Onsager-molecule approach to screening potentials in strongly coupled plasmas
- 5 Astrophysical consequences of the screening of nuclear reactions
- 6 Crystallization of dense binary ionic mixtures. Application to white dwarf cooling theory
- 7 Non crystallized regions of White dwarfs. Thermodynamics. Opacity. Turbulent convection
- 8 White dwarf crystallization
- 9 Gravitational collapse versus thermonuclear explosion of degenerate stellar cores
- 10 Neutron star crusts with magnetic fields
- 11 High pressure experiments for astrophysics
- 12 Equation of state of dense hydrogen and the plasma phase transition; A microscopic calculational model for complex fluids
- 13 The equation of state of fluid hydrogen at high density
- 14 A comparative study of hydrogen equations of state
- 15 Strongly coupled ionic mixtures and the H/He equation of state
- 16 White dwarf seismology: Influence of the constitutive physics on the period spectra
- 17 Helioseismology: the Sun as a strongly-constrained, weakly-coupled plasma
- 18 Transport processes in dense stellar plasmas
- 19 Cataclysmic variables: structure and evolution
- 20 Giant planet, brown dwarf, and low-mass star interiors
- 21 Searches for brown dwarfs
- 22 Jovian seismology
- Observational projects
- Posters
14 - A comparative study of hydrogen equations of state
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Group photograph
- List of participants
- Preface
- Reviews
- 1 Equations of state in stellar structure and evolution
- 2 Equation of state of stellar plasmas
- 3 Statistical mechanics of quantum plasmas. Path integral formalism
- 4 Onsager-molecule approach to screening potentials in strongly coupled plasmas
- 5 Astrophysical consequences of the screening of nuclear reactions
- 6 Crystallization of dense binary ionic mixtures. Application to white dwarf cooling theory
- 7 Non crystallized regions of White dwarfs. Thermodynamics. Opacity. Turbulent convection
- 8 White dwarf crystallization
- 9 Gravitational collapse versus thermonuclear explosion of degenerate stellar cores
- 10 Neutron star crusts with magnetic fields
- 11 High pressure experiments for astrophysics
- 12 Equation of state of dense hydrogen and the plasma phase transition; A microscopic calculational model for complex fluids
- 13 The equation of state of fluid hydrogen at high density
- 14 A comparative study of hydrogen equations of state
- 15 Strongly coupled ionic mixtures and the H/He equation of state
- 16 White dwarf seismology: Influence of the constitutive physics on the period spectra
- 17 Helioseismology: the Sun as a strongly-constrained, weakly-coupled plasma
- 18 Transport processes in dense stellar plasmas
- 19 Cataclysmic variables: structure and evolution
- 20 Giant planet, brown dwarf, and low-mass star interiors
- 21 Searches for brown dwarfs
- 22 Jovian seismology
- Observational projects
- Posters
Summary
Abstract
The numerous complexities underlying large tables of thermodynamic quantities act as a deterrent to a careful evaluation of their reliability. As a consequence, equations of state are often used as black boxes. To clarify this situation, some of the more critical issues of equation of state physics are discussed from the point of view of the user. They are illustrated by a comparison of four equations of state for hydrogen. The flaws and disagreements thus brought into light are explained and evaluated with simple physical arguments.
Les tables d'équations d'état utilisées en astrophysique découlent de modèles d'une complexité telle qu'il est souvent difficile d'en évaluer la fiabilité. Il en résulte une situation où les équations d'état sont souvent utilisées sans une analyse critique de leur contenu physique ni de leur précision. Dans le but de remédier à cette situation, une discussion des principaux éléments physiques des équations d'état est présentée dans l'optique de l'utilisateur. Quatre équations d'état de l'hydrogène développées pour être appliquées à des problèmes d'astrophysique stellaire sont comparées de façon critique. Cette comparaison illustre l'importance de certains éléments clés des équations d'état et la nature des problèmes qui subsistent. Les déefauts et les différences observés entre ces quatre équations d'état sont élucidés en termes de physique de base.
Introduction
The richness of stellar phenomena exposed by modern observational techniques calls for a quantitative understanding of more subtle, “second order” effects in stellar structure.
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- The Equation of State in AstrophysicsIAU Colloquium 147, pp. 306 - 329Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994
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