Polytrope 多方球
In astrophysics, a polytrope refers to a solution of the Lane–Emden equation in which the pressure depends upon the density in the form
where P is pressure, ρ is density and K is a constant of proportionality. The constant n is known as the polytropic index and is sometimes linked to the polytropic exponent $gamma ({{{1}}}). This relation need not be interpreted as an equation of state, although a gas following such an equation of state does produce a polytropic solution to the Lane–Emden equation. Rather, this is simply a relation that expresses an assumption about the change of pressure with radius in terms of the change of density with radius, yielding a solution to the Lane–Emden equation.