Paper 1, Section II, D
A spherically symmetric star of total mass has pressure and mass density , where is the radial distance from its centre. These quantities are related by the equations of hydrostatic equilibrium and mass conservation:
where is the mass inside radius .
By integrating from the centre of the star at , where , to the surface of the star at , where , show that
where is the total gravitational potential energy. Show that
If the surface pressure is negligible and the star is a perfect gas of particles of mass with number density and at temperature , and radiation pressure can be ignored, then show that
where is the mean temperature of the star, which you should define.
Hence, show that the mean temperature of the star satisfies the inequality