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Stars as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics - MPP Theory Group

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646 Symbols<br />

m N nucleon m<strong>as</strong>s (938 MeV)<br />

m u atomic m<strong>as</strong>s unit (931 MeV)<br />

m Pl Planck m<strong>as</strong>s (1.221×10 19 GeV)<br />

m W W -boson m<strong>as</strong>s (80.2 GeV)<br />

m Z Z-boson m<strong>as</strong>s (91.2 GeV)<br />

M absolute magnitude of a star, m<strong>as</strong>s matrix of quarks or neutrinos<br />

M bol absolute bolometric magnitude of a star<br />

M m<strong>as</strong>s of a star, matrix element<br />

M ⊙ solar m<strong>as</strong>s (1.99×10 33 g)<br />

n particle density<br />

n B baryon density<br />

n e,p,n,ν electron, proton, neutron, neutrino density<br />

n refr index of refraction<br />

N nucleon, number of degenerate Θ vacua in QCD<br />

N µν matrix element of neutrino current<br />

p proton, momentum of a particle, pressure, dimensionless power<br />

index<br />

p F Fermi momentum<br />

P four-momentum of a particle, stellar pulsation period<br />

q momentum transfer, charge of a particle<br />

Q energy loss or generation rate per unit volume<br />

r radial coordinate<br />

R radius of a star<br />

R ⊙ solar radius (6.96×10 10 cm)<br />

s entropy density, dimensionless power index, square of CM energy,<br />

dimensionless spin-structure function<br />

S static or dynamical structure function<br />

t time<br />

T temperature<br />

T 7 T/10 7 K<br />

T 8 T/10 8 K<br />

T 30 T/30 MeV<br />

U total internal energy of a star, four-velocity<br />

v velocity, vacuum expectation value of a Higgs-like field<br />

V potential energy, volume<br />

w up/strange quark m<strong>as</strong>s ratio<br />

W W -boson<br />

W K,K ′ Transition probability from K to K ′ .<br />

x dimensionless energy (ω/T ), spatial coordinate, dimensionless<br />

Fermi momentum (p F /m)<br />

X m<strong>as</strong>s fraction of hydrogen

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