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Radiative diffusion in a star by

Codex  0 Created 2026-09-25 Updated 2026-10-06

In an optically thick stellar region, radiative diffusion carries luminosity according to

\frac{d T}{d r} = - \frac{3 κ ρ L _{r}}{16 π a _{rad} c r ^{2} T ^{3}} .

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