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Radiative mass loss at fixed luminosity

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For luminosity L, mass-energy equivalence gives ∣M˙∣=L/c2. Holding L constant gives a time t=fMc2/L to radiate a mass fraction f. A blackbody estimate uses the Stefan–Boltzmann law, L=4πR2σT4. This is a radiative-energy estimate, not a model of a star's evolving nuclear fuel or mass loss in a wind.

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