From: Jeff Davis (jrd1415@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 22:32:00 MST
Question:
In the first star-forming era after the big band, when
all the stars are composed of hydrogen and helium,
what is thought to be the upper bound for the mass of
H/He supergiant stars? What factors contribute to
this limit/boundary?
If these stars proceed most rapidly to the
(super?)nova state (that's how it works, right?)--and
with it heavy-element (heavier than carbon,
right?)nucleosynthesis--what then is thought to be the
shortest possible stellar 'lifetime'?
Best, Jeff Davis
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who
said it--no matter if I have said it--unless it agrees
with your own reason and your common sense."
Buddha
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