Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Dec 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986apj...311..226n&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 311, Dec. 1, 1986, p. 226-240.
Statistics
Computation
91
Computational Astrophysics, Dwarf Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Mass, Brown Dwarf Stars, Entropy, Polytropic Processes, Stellar Structure, Stellar Temperature
Scientific paper
The results of numerical evolutionary calculations for stars with masses in the range of 0.01-0.10 solar mass are presented. The stellar models by which these stars are followed from the early stages of contraction through deuterium burning to the very late stages of degenerate cooling at ages comparable to that of the Galaxy are described, and the methodology used to investigate the major uncertainties in the input physics are discussed. It is found that, for brown dwarfs with masses substantially below the end of the hydrogen-burning main sequence, the evolution of the effective temperature and bolometric luminosity are fairly well determined, despite the residual uncertainties in the input physics. In particular, the evolution is remarkably insensitive to the choice of the atmospheric opacity law at low temperatures and to the amount of mismatch in specific entropy across the stellar envelope. The minimum mass for a star to attain main-sequence status is moderately sensitive to the assumed input physics, particularly the surface boundary conditions.
Joss Paul C.
Nelson Lorne Archie
Rappaport Saul A.
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