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We consider here a sequence of chemically homogeneous models in complete (mechanical and thermal) equilibrium with central hydrogen burning. All of them are composed of the same hydrogen-rich mixture, while the stellar mass M varies from model to model along the sequence.
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Note that we will also use the notation X, Y , and Z for the mass fractions of hydrogen, helium, and the sum of all remaining elements, commonly labelled “metals”, as is the case in the astrophysical literature.
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Kippenhahn, R., Weigert, A., Weiss, A. (2012). The Zero-Age Main Sequence. In: Stellar Structure and Evolution. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30304-3_22
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