Contraction-limited central temperature
ID: contraction-limited-central-temperature
A fixed stellar homology profile with giveswhere . As a function of this is a concave quadratic; its maximum is , at . At the maximum, the central electron degeneracy pressure and thermal pressure are equal. If this temperature is insufficient for sustained hydrogen burning, the object becomes a brown dwarf. Only the positive-temperature segment represents a physical sequence.
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