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  • T - Temperature measured in Kelvin
  • logT - Log10 of temperature measured in Kelvin
  • Rho - Density measured in g/cm^3
  • logRho - Log10 of density measured in g/cm^3
  • P - Pressure measured in erg/cm^3
  • logP - Log10 of pressure measured in erg/cm^3
  • Pgas - Gas pressure measured in erg/cm^3
  • Prad - Radiation pressure measured in erg/cm^3
  • Pion - Ion pressure measured in erg/cm^3
  • Pele - Electron pressure measured in erg/cm^3
  • Ppos - Positron pressure measured in erg/cm^3
  • Pep - Electron+Positron pressure measured in erg/cm^3 (Note: Never appears separately, but its derivatives do)
  • Pcoul - Pressure contribution of the coulomb interaction measured in erg/cm^3
  • E - Internal energy measured in erg/g
  • logE - Log10 of Internal energy measured in erg/g
  • Egas - Internal energy due to gas measured in erg/g
  • Erad - Internal energy due to radiation measured in erg/g
  • Eion - Internal energy due to ions measured in erg/g
  • Eele - Internal energy due to electrons measured in erg/g
  • Epos - Internal energy due to positrons measured in erg/g
  • Eep - Internal energy due to electrons and positrons measured in erg/g (Note: Never appears separately, but its derivatives do)
  • Ecoul - Energy contribution of the coulomb interaction measured in erg/g
  • S - Entropy measured in erg/g/K
  • logS - Log10 of entropy measured in erg/g/K
  • Srad - Entropy contribution from radiation measured in erg/g/K
  • Sion - Entropy contribution from ions measured in erg/g/K
  • Sele - Entropy contribution fron electrons measured in erg/g/K
  • Spos - Entropy contribution from positrons measured in erg/g/K
  • Sep - Entropy contribution from electrons and positrons measured in erg/g/K (Note: Never appears separately, but its derivatives do)
  • Scoul - Entropy contribution from coulomb interactions measured in erg/g/K
  • Abar - Average atomic weight, measured in proton masses
  • Zbar - Average proton number among the isotopes present
  • Etaele - Electron chemical potential measured in mu/kT
  • Etapos - Positron chemical potential measured in mu/kT
  • dP/dT|Rho - Derivative of pressure with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/cm^3/K
  • dP/dRho|T - Derivative of pressure with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg/g
  • dP/dA - Derivative of pressure with respect to Abar in erg/cm^3
  • dP/dZ - Derivative of pressure with respect to Zbar in erg/cm^3
  • dPgas/dT|Rho - Derivative of gas pressure with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/cm^3/K
  • dPgas/dRho|T - Derivative of gas pressure with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg/g
  • dPgas/dA - Derivative of gas pressure with respect to Abar in erg/cm^3
  • dPgas/dZ - Derivative of gas pressure with respect to Zbar in erg/cm^3
  • dPrad/dT|Rho - Derivative of radiation pressure with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/cm^3/K
  • dPrad/dRho|T - Derivative of radiation pressure with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg/g
  • dPrad/dA - Derivative of radiation pressure with respect to Abar in erg/cm^3
  • dPrad/dZ - Derivative of radiation pressure with respect to Zbar in erg/cm^3
  • dPion/dT|Rho - Derivative of ion pressure with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/cm^3/K
  • dPion/dRho|T - Derivative of ion pressure with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg/g
  • dPion/dA - Derivative of ion pressure with respect to Abar in erg/cm^3
  • dPion/dZ - Derivative of ion pressure with respect to Zbar in erg/cm^3
  • dPep/dT|Rho - Derivative of electron positron pressure with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/cm^3/K
  • dPep/dRho|T - Derivative of electron positron pressure with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg/g
  • dPep/dA - Derivative of electron positron pressure with respect to Abar in erg/cm^3
  • dPep/dZ - Derivative of electron positron pressure with respect to Zbar in erg/cm^3
  • dPcoul/dT|Rho - Derivative of Pcoul with respect to T, holding density fixed, in erg/g/K
  • dPcoul/dRho|T - Derivative of Pcoul with respect to density, holding T fixed, in erg*cm^3/g^2
  • dPcoul/dA - Derivative of Pcoul with respect to Abar in erg/g
  • dPcoul/dZ - Derivative of Pcoul with respect to Zbar in erg/g
  • dE/dT|Rho - Derivative of energy with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/g/K
  • dE/dRho|T - Derivative of energy with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg*cm^3/g^2
  • dE/dA - Derivative of energy with respect to Abar in erg/g
  • dE/dZ - Derivative of energy with respect to Zbar in erg/g
  • dEgas/dT|Rho - Derivative of gas energy with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/g/K
  • dEgas/dRho|T - Derivative of gas energy with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg*cm^3/g^2
  • dEgas/dA - Derivative of gas energy with respect to Abar in erg/g
  • dEgas/dZ - Derivative of gas energy with respect to Zbar in erg/g
  • dErad/dT|Rho - Derivative of radiation energy with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/g/K
  • dErad/dRho|T - Derivative of radiation energy with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg*cm^3/g^2
  • dErad/dA - Derivative of radiation energy with respect to Abar in erg/g
  • dErad/dZ - Derivative of radiation energy with respect to Zbar in erg/g
  • dEion/dT|Rho - Derivative of ion energy with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/g/K
  • dEion/dRho|T - Derivative of ion energy with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg*cm^3/g^2
  • dEion/dA - Derivative of ion energy with respect to Abar in erg/g
  • dEion/dZ - Derivative of ion energy with respect to Zbar in erg/g
  • dEep/dT|Rho - Derivative of electron positron energy with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/g/K
  • dEep/dRho|T - Derivative of electron positron energy with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg*cm^3/g^2
  • dEep/dA - Derivative of electron positron energy with respect to Abar in erg/g
  • dEep/dZ - Derivative of electron positron energy with respect to Zbar in erg/g
  • dEcoul/dT|Rho - Derivative of Ecoul with respect to T, holding density fixed, in erg/g/K
  • dEcoul/dRho|T - Derivative of Ecoul with respect to density, holding T fixed, in erg*cm^3/g^2
  • dEcoul/dA - Derivative of Ecoul with respect to Abar in erg/g
  • dEcoul/dZ - Derivative of Ecoul with respect to Zbar in erg/g
  • dS/dT|Rho - Derivative of entropy with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/g/K^2
  • dS/dRho|T - Derivative of entropy with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg*cm^3/g^2/K
  • dS/dA - Derivative of entropy with respect to Abar in erg/g/K
  • dS/dZ - Derivative of entropy with respect to Zbar in erg/g/K
  • dSrad/dT|Rho - Derivative of radiation entropy with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/g/K^2
  • dSrad/dRho|T - Derivative of radiation entropy with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg*cm^3/g^2/K
  • dSrad/dA - Derivative of radiation entropy with respect to Abar in erg/g/K
  • dSrad/dZ - Derivative of radiation entropy with respect to Zbar in erg/g/K
  • dSion/dT|Rho - Derivative of ion entropy with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/g/K^2
  • dSion/dRho|T - Derivative of ion entropy with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg*cm^3/g^2/K
  • dSion/dA - Derivative of ion entropy with respect to Abar in erg/g/K
  • dSion/dZ - Derivative of ion entropy with respect to Zbar in erg/g/K
  • dSep/dT|Rho - Derivative of electron positron entropy with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/g/K^2
  • dSep/dRho|T - Derivative of electron positron entropy with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg*cm^3/g^2/K
  • dSep/dA - Derivative of electron positron entropy with respect to Abar in erg/g/K
  • dSep/dZ - Derivative of electron positron entropy with respect to Zbar in erg/g/K
  • dScoul/dT|Rho - Derivative of coulomb entropy with respect to temperature holding density fixed, measured in erg/g/K^2
  • dScoul/dRho|T - Derivative of coulomb entropy with respect to density holding temperature fixed, measured in erg*cm^3/g^2/K
  • dScoul/dA - Derivative of coulomb entropy with respect to Abar measured in erg/g/K
  • dScoul/dZ - Derivative of coulomb entropy with respect to Zbar measured in erg/g/K- Xni - ?
  • dEta/dT|Rho - Derivative of Etaele with respect to T, holding density fixed, in erg/g/K
  • dEta/dRho|T - Derivative of Etaele with respect to density, holding T fixed, in erg*cm^3/g^2
  • dEta/dA - Derivative of Etaele with respect to Abar in erg/g
  • dEta/dZ - Derivative of Etaele with respect to Zbar in erg/g
  • X(H) - Number fraction of atomic Hydrogen
  • X(H2) - Number fraction of molecular Hydrogen
  • X(He) - Number fraction of atomic Helium
  • X(He+) - Number fraction of singly ionized Helium
  • CV - Specific heat at constant volume measured in erg/g/K
  • CP - Specific heat at constant pressure measured in erg/g/K
  • gamma1 - Adiabatic constant gamma 1 (dimensionless)
  • gamma2 - Adiabatic constant gamma 2 (dimensionless)
  • gamma3 - Adiabatic constant gamma 3 (dimensionless)
  • vs - Adiabatic sound speed
  • CVgas - Specific heat at constant volume measured in erg/g/K
  • CPgas - Specific heat at constant pressure measured in erg/g/K
  • gamma1gas - Adiabatic constant gamma 1 (dimensionless)
  • gamma2gas - Adiabatic constant gamma 2 (dimensionless)
  • gamma3gas - Adiabatic constant gamma 3 (dimensionless)
  • PlasGamma - Ratio of electrostatic to thermal energy in plasma
  • vsGas - Adiabatic sound speed
  • dLogRho/dLogT|P - Derivative of logRho with respect to logT, holding pressure fixed.
  • dLogRho/dLogP|T - Derivative of logRho with respect to logP, holding temperature fixed.
  • dLogS/dLogT|P - Derivative of logS with respect to logT, holding pressure fixed.
  • dLogS/dLogP|T - Derivative of logS with respect to logP, holding temperature fixed.
  • dLogT/dlogP|S - Derivative of logT with respect to logP, holding entropy fixed. Otherwise known as the adiabatic temperature gradient.
  • dLogT/dlogPgas|S - Derivative of logT with respect to logPgas, holding entropy fixed. Otherwise known as the gas adiabatic temperature gradient.
  • Xnem - Number density of electrons assuming full ionization measured in cm^(-3) (Note: Must equal Xnefer, thereby constraining Etaele)
  • Xnefer - Number density of electrons from the Fermi integral measured in cm^(-3) (Note: Must equal Xnem, thereby constraining Etaele)
  • Xne - Another symbol for Xnem or Xnefer, measured in cm^(-3)
  • Xnp - Number density of protons, measured in cm^(-3)
  • dXne/dT|Rho - Derivative of Xne with respect to temperature at fixed density, measured in cm^(-3)K^(-1)
  • dXne/dRho|T - Derivative of Xne with respect to density at fixed temperature, measured in g
  • dXne/A - Derivative of Xne with respect to Abar, measured in cm^(-3)
  • dXne/Z - Derivative of Xne with respect to Zbar, measured in cm^(-3)
  • dSe - Thermodynamic consistency check of dE/dT|Rho=TdS/dT|Rho, measured in erg/g/K (should be zero if all is well)
  • dPe - Thermodynamic consistency check of P=d^2 E/dRho^2|T+TdP/dT|Rho, measured in erg/cm^3 (should be zero if all is well)
  • dSp - Thermodynamic consistency check of dP/dT|Rho = -d^2 S/dRho^2|T, measured in erg/cm^3/K (should be zero if all is well)