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Review: Radiative Pre-Main Sequence Stars<br />

In the centers of contracting pre-main sequence stars, as<br />

temperature increases, opacity drops so that radiation can<br />

effectively transport energy.<br />

At this point, you begin to have radiative tracks where the<br />

luminosity increases as the radius of the star shrinks.<br />

6<br />

Sunday, May 1, 2011

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