Blundell Thermal Physics · Problem 6.4

Pressure

Physics — Statistical Mechanics · ideal-gas-interstellar-cloud

Problem

A diffuse cloud of neutral hydrogen atoms (known as HI) in space has a temperature of 50 K50\,\mathrm{K} and number density 500 cm−3500\,\mathrm{cm}^{-3}. Calculate the pressure (in Pa) and the volume (in cubic light years) occupied by the cloud if its mass is 100M⊙100M_\odot. (M⊙M_\odot is the symbol for the mass of the Sun, see Appendix A.)

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