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Relationship between IMF and time spent during an evolutionary phase
I was reading a little about stellar evolution and was wondering whether there was any relationship between the lifetime of an evolutionary phase and the IMF, I searched on google but all I found were ...
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Why is the main sequence often called 'zero age' main sequence?
The main sequence stage for a star begins after it stars burning hydrogen into helium. This is often referred to as the zero age main sequence.
This is confusing since stars have already lived ...
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Description of Henyey tracks on wikipedia incorrect?
So, if you search for Henyey tracks on wikipedia (I know, the shame of it!) you will come across this statement:
The Henyey track is characterized by a slow collapse in near hydrostatic ...
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