Mass–luminosity relation
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mass-luminosity-relation-273-5962410
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Mass–luminosity relation
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In astrophysics, the mass–luminosity relation is an equation giving the relationship between a star's mass and its luminosity, first noted by Jakob Karl Ernst Halm. The relationship is represented by the equation: where L⊙ and M⊙ are the luminosity and mass of the Sun and 1 < a < 6. The value a = 3.5 is commonly used for main-sequence stars. This equation and the usual value of a = 3.5 only applies to main-sequence stars with masses 2M⊙ < M < 55M⊙ and does not apply to red giants or white dwarfs
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Equation in stellar astrophysics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93luminosity_relation
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2023-12-03T18:16:45Z
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