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I was reading about the greatest mass that stars can have
http://arxiv.org/astro-ph/0501135
it is not 100 percent sure but 200 solar masses looks like an upper bound on the mass
it is also not certain why.
if there is some upper limit, say between 130 and 200 solar mass,
then WHY?
why should stars be confined between this range, whatever it is (say 0.1 solar up to 150 solar).
one idea is that when a star is forming if it gets too big it makes so much light that the light drives away the cloud of material around the star that it is feeding on. I don't know if that is a current theory or not. maybe someone has read up on this
http://arxiv.org/astro-ph/0501135
it is not 100 percent sure but 200 solar masses looks like an upper bound on the mass
it is also not certain why.
if there is some upper limit, say between 130 and 200 solar mass,
then WHY?
why should stars be confined between this range, whatever it is (say 0.1 solar up to 150 solar).
one idea is that when a star is forming if it gets too big it makes so much light that the light drives away the cloud of material around the star that it is feeding on. I don't know if that is a current theory or not. maybe someone has read up on this
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