Astrphysics II - 1. Equation of state
Miroslav Brož
Lecture Astrophysics II: Table of contents, "Why the Earth is a sphere?", general transport mechanisms; energy considerations: cooling, chemical reactions, accretion, contraction, virial theorem, ionisation, fission, fusion; state equation P(ρ, T): ideal gas pressure, mean molecular weight μ, radiation pressure, degenerate pressure, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Pauli exclusion principle, classical vs. relativistic, Fermi-Dirac distribution, degeneracy ψ.