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STARS & STELLAR EVOLUTION

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The evolutionary tracks of the most massive stars (

>25 M_{Sun}

) can show them moving nearly horizontally back and forth in the supergiant region of the H-R diagram. What is the underlying cause of these large excursions in surface temperature at nearly constant luminosity?

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