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		| Paper: | 
		Upgrading the MHD Equation of State to Include Relativistic Electrons | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		203, The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research, IAU Colloquium 176 | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		388 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Gong, Z.; Däppen, W. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		So far, the effect of relativistic electrons has not been included in the Mihalas-Däppen-Hummer (Hummer & Mihalas 1988; Mihalas, Däppen, & Hummer 1988; Däppen et al. 1988; hereinafter MHD) equation of state, although degeneracy was taken into account. Following the findings about the detectability of the relativistic effect in helioseismological data of the solar center (Elliot & Kosovichev 1998; hereinafter EK98), we have upgraded the MHD equation of state to include relativistic degenerate electrons. Our numerical calculation confirms the result of EK98. | 
	 
	
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