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Past exam of the physics course of the year 4 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2016 Paper 1 Section A A1 Solution by
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The Stefan–Boltzmann law gives the radiated luminosityFor radiative mass loss at fixed luminosity, using mass-energy equivalence, the mass-loss magnitude and one-percent time areThe numerical constants are the external CODATA 2014 and ; years here mean 365.25 days.[ref]
CODATA recommended values of the fundamental physical constants 2014 by National Institute of Standards and Technology. Stefan-Boltzmann constant and vacuum light speed
This estimates radiative mass loss with the supplied radius and temperature held constant. It does not predict a real stellar lifetime or include solar-wind mass loss. New to topics? Read the docs here!