Theory of stellar evolution

Japanese: 恒星進化論 - こうせいしんかろん(英語表記)theory of stellar evolution
Theory of stellar evolution
The idea that stars evolve has been around since the 19th century, and was called the contraction theory of Kelvin and Helmholtz. In other words, as a star loses its energy in the form of light, it contracts due to its own gravity (the force of gravity), changing from a giant star with a large radius to a dwarf star with a small radius. However, theories of the internal structure of stars began to develop in the first half of the 20th century, and around 1940 it was discovered that the source of energy for stars is nuclear reactions, and the path of stellar evolution was rewritten to one from dwarf stars to giant stars.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
恒星が進化するという考えは19世紀からあって,ケルビンとヘルムホルツの収縮説と呼ばれていた。すなわち,星は光としてエネルギーを失うにつれて,自分自身の重力(万有引力)によって収縮し,半径の大きい巨星から,半径の小さい矮星(わいせい)へと変わっていくというのである。しかし20世紀前半から恒星内部構造論が展開されるようになり,1940年ころになって,恒星のエネルギー源は原子核反応によるものであることがわかるに至り,恒星進化の道筋は,むしろ矮星から巨星へという方向に書き換えられることになった。

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