The stars in the Main Sequence and their dynamical parameters

DOI: 
10.1007/BF00643203
Publication date: 
01/07/1992
Main author: 
Quiroga R.J.
IAA authors: 
Claret A.
Authors: 
Quiroga R.J., Claret A.
Journal: 
Astrophysics and Space Science
Publication type: 
Article
Volume: 
193
Pages: 
235-246
Number: 
Abstract: 
The stars in the Main Sequence are seen as a hierarchy of objects with different masses M and effective dynamical radii Reff=R/α given by the stellar radii and the coefficients for the inner structure of the stars. As seen in a previous work (Paper I), during the lifetime in the Main Sequence Reff(t) remains a near invariant when compared to the variation in the time of R(t) and α(t). With such an effective Reff one obtains the amounts of action Ac(M), the effective densities ρeff(M)=ρ(M)α3(M), the densities of action and of energy (or mean presures in the stellar interior)ac(M), ec(M), and the potential energies Ep(M). The amounts of action are Ac∝Mk with k≈1.87 for the M stars, k≈5/3 for the KGF stars, and k≈1.83 for the A and earlier stars, representing very simples conditions for the other dynamical parameters. For instance k≈5/3 means a near invariant effective density αeff for the KGF stars, while for such stars the mean densities and coefficients α present the strongest variations with masses ρ(M)∝M-1.81, α(M)∝M0.6. The cases for the M stars (ec(M)∝M-1) and for the A and earlier stars (between ac(M)=constant and αeff(M)∝M-1) and also discussed. These conditions for the earlier stars also represent reasonable mean values for the whole stellar hierarchy in the range of masses 0.2 M⊙≤M≤25 M⊙. With all this, one can build 'dynamical' HR diagrams with Ac(M), Ep(M), αeffM-p, etc., whose characteristics are analogous to these in the photometrical HR diagram. A comparison is made between Ac(M) from the models here and the HR diagram with the best known stars of luminosity classes IV, V, and white dwarfs. The comparison of the potential energies Ep(M)∝M-p according to the stellar models used here and the observed frequency function ψ(M∝M-q (number of stars in a given interval of masses) from different authors suggests the possibility that the product Ep(M)ψ(M) is a constant, but this must be confirmed with further studies of the function ψ(M) and its fine structure. There are analogies between the formulation used here for the stellar hierarchy and other physical processes, for instance, in modified forms of the Kolmogorov law of turbulence and in the formulation used for the hierarchy of molecular clouds in gravitational equilibrium. Besides, the function of action Ac(M) for the stars has analogous properties to the relations of angular momenta and masses J(M) for different types of objects. The cosmological implications of all this are discussed. © 1992 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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URL: 
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/1992Ap&SS.193..235Q/abstract
ADS Bibcode: 
1992Ap&SS.193..235Q
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