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On Loop Sizes in the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram during Core Helium Burning

J. W. Robertson

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The loop length at the core-helium-burning stage of S evolution is extremely sensitive to the abundance profile in the shell-hydrogen-burning region, as left behind by the shrinking main-sequence convective core.

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The loop length at the core-helium-burning stage of S evolution is extremely sensitive to the abundance profile in the shell-hydrogen-burning region, as left behind by the shrinking main-sequence convective core.

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The loop length at the core-helium-burning stage of S evolution is extremely sensitive to the abundance profile in the shell-hydrogen-burning region, as left behind by the shrinking main-sequence convective core.

Key concepts: Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, Physics, Helium, Diagram, Core (optical fiber), Astrophysics, Stellar evolution, Stars

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