Essential University Physics: Volume 1 (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321993724
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 79P
(a)
To determine
To show: The pressure and radius of the star at equilibrium are related by
(b)
To determine
To show: Using binomial expansion the right hand side of the equation can be written as
(c)
To determine
An expression for the period of oscillation of the star.
(d)
To determine
The period of the variable star Delta Cephei.
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Problem 1:
You are the science officer on a visit to a distant solar system. Prior to landing on a planet you
measure its radius to be 9 x 106 m and its rotation period to be 22.3 hours. You have
previously determined that the planet orbits 2.2 x 10¹¹ m from its star with a period of
402 days (3.473 x 107 sec). Once on the surface you find that the free-fall acceleration is
12.2 m/sec².
a) What is the mass of the planet? Answer: 1.5 x 1025 kg.
b) What is the mass of the star? Answer: 5.2 x 1030 kg.
A Cepheid variable star is a star whose brightness alternately increases and decreases. For a certain star, the interval between times of maximum brightness is 4.3 days. The average brightness of this star is 4.0 and its brightness changes by ±0.45. In view of these data,
the brightness of the star at time t, where t is measured in days, has been modeled by the function
B(t) = 4.0 +0.45 sin
(a) Find the rate of change of the brightness after t days.
dB
dt
(b) Find, correct to two decimal places, the rate of increase after five days.
dB
dt
The "classical" radius of a neutron is about 0.79 fm (1 femtometer = 10-15 m). The mass of a neutron is 1.675×10-27 kg.
what would be the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity in meters per second squared at the surface of a sphere of radius R = 1.2 m with the density 8.11*10^17 in kilograms per cubic meter?
G = 6.67*10^-11 m^3/kg/s^2
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