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A gravitational binding energy is the minimum energy that must be added to a system for the system to cease being in a gravitationally bound state. A gravitationally bound system has a lower (''i.e.'', more negative) gravitational potential energy than the sum of its parts — this is what keeps the system aggregated in accordance with the minimum total potential energy principle. For a spherical mass of uniform density, the gravitational binding energy ''U'' is given by the formula〔Chandrasekhar, S. 1939, ''An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure'' (Chicago: U. of Chicago; reprinted in New York: Dover), section 9, eqs. 90-92, p. 51 (Dover edition)〕〔Lang, K. R. 1980, ''Astrophysical Formulae'' (Berlin: Springer Verlag), p. 272〕 : where ''G'' is the gravitational constant, ''M'' is the mass of the sphere, and ''R'' is its radius. Assuming that the Earth is a uniform sphere (which is not correct, but is close enough to get an order-of-magnitude estimate) with ''M'' = 5.97 · 1024kg and ''r'' = 6.37 · 106m, ''U'' is 2.24 · 1032J. This is roughly equal to one week of the Sun's total energy output. It is 37.5 MJ/kg, 60% of the absolute value of the potential energy per kilogram at the surface. The actual depth-dependence of density, inferred from seismic travel times (see Adams–Williamson equation), is given in the Preliminary Reference Earth Model (PREM). Using this, the real gravitational binding energy of Earth can be calculated numerically to U = 2.487 · 1032 J According to the virial theorem, the gravitational binding energy of a star is about two times its internal thermal energy.〔 ==Derivation for a uniform sphere== The gravitational binding energy of a sphere with Radius is found by imagining that it is pulled apart by successively moving spherical shells to infinity, the outermost first, and finding the total energy needed for that. Assuming a constant density , the masses of a shell and the sphere inside it are: : and The required energy for a shell is the negative of the gravitational potential energy: : Integrating over all shells yields: : Since is simply equal to the mass of the whole divided by its volume for objects with uniform density, therefore : And finally, plugging this into our result leads to : 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gravitational binding energy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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