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| • | Stars less massive than 1.4 MSun
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| • | Stars more massive than 1.4 MSun
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| if they lose enough of their mass (during PN stage)
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| they end up with less than 1.4 MSun |
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| • | Stars whose degenerate cores grow more massive than
1.4 |
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| MSun will undergo a catastrophic core
collapse: |
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| • | Neutron stars |
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| • | Supernova |
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