The index n is the polytropic index that appears in the polytropic equation of state,
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The polytropic index has been shown to be equivalent to the pressure derivative of the bulk modulus where its relation to the Murnaghan equation of state has also been demonstrated.
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The atmosphere is initially in polytropic hydrostatic balance with polytropic index m, and is threaded by a uniform, weak, horizontal, poloidal ( y-directed ) magnetic field of strength B0.