https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-11980-5
Regular Article
Analytical solution to the fractional polytropic gas spheres
1
Department of Physics, College of Science, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Astronomy, National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, 17211, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt
3
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, New Valley Branch, 72511, El-Kharja, Egypt
* e-mail: abdo_nouh@hotmail.com
Received:
20
May
2017
Accepted:
12
March
2018
Published online:
16
April
2018
The Lane-Emden equation can be used to model stellar interiors, star clusters and many configurations in astrophysics. Unfortunately, there is an exact solution only for the polytropic indices n = 0, 1 and 5. In the present paper, a series solution for the fractional Lane-Emden equation is presented. The solution is performed in the frame of modified Rienmann Liouville derivatives. The obtained results recover the well-known series solutions when 
. The fractional model of n = 3 is calculated and the mass-radius relation, density ratio, pressure ratio and temperature ratio are investigated. The fractional star appears much different than the integer star, as it is denser, more stressed and hotter than the integer star.
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