The Mass-Radius Relation for Cold Spheres of Low Mass

Harold S. Zapolsky, E. E. Salpeter

The Astrophysical Journal · 1969 · 245 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The relationship between mass and radius for zero-temperature spheres is determined for each of a number of chemical elements by using a previously derived equation of state and numerical integration. The maximum radius of a cold sphere is thus found as a function of chemical composition, and a semi- empirical formula for the mass-radius curve is derived