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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 50 2 b Solution by
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Power is energy per time. In geometrized units, energy has the dimension of length and time is converted to length using , so the dimensionless geometrized luminosity isEquivalently, is the corresponding SI power unit. The lifetime for emitting the entire rest energy at the given constant luminosity isThe same result follows from . The stipulated full-mass radiation time is of order years; this is the constant-luminosity energy budget asked for, not a stellar-evolution calculation.
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