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Astrophysics

condition for convective instability in a star that includes the stabilizing effect of a mean molecular weight gradient, unlike the Schwarzschild criterion.

In astrophysics, Ledoux criterion refers to condition for convective instability in a star that includes the stabilizing effect of a mean molecular weight gradient, unlike the Schwarzschild criterion. This meaning comes from Ledoux (1947) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Ledoux, W. P. (1947). Stellar Models with Convection and with Discontinuity of the Mean Molecular. The Astrophysical Journal, 105, 305. https://doi.org/10.1086/144905

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