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Observational tests for overshoot and opacity enhancement based on massive stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

G. Bertelli
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Padua, Italy National Council of Research (C.N.R.), Italy
A. Bressan
Affiliation:
International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
C. Chiosi
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Padua, Italy International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy

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It is shown that a moderate increase in the opacity due to heavy elements in models of massive stars, incorporating convective overshoot and mass loss by stellar wind, can remove the well known discrepancy between theoretical expectation and observed frequencies of luminous stars in the HR diagram. These models in fact extend their main sequence band far beyond the classical limit.

Type
II. EVOLUTION OF MASSIVE STARS EVOLUTION AND MODELS
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984 

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