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The 12 pages that link to Opacity, each with the reason it gives.

• Radiative transferRelated: Uncertain opacity values propagate directly into predicted transport and emergent spectra.

• Stellar pulsationRelated: Opacity changes in partially ionized stellar layers provide the heat-trapping basis of a major pulsation driver.

• Radiative zoneRelated: Opacity controls how readily photons transport energy through stellar material.

• Mass–luminosity relationRelated: Opacity affects how efficiently a star carries energy outward, changing its luminosity.

• Eddington luminosityRelated: The critical luminosity depends on opacity because opacity controls radiation's force on matter.

• Blue supergiantRelated: Opacity determines how radiation transfers energy and accelerates the star’s wind.

• Kappa mechanismNarrower topic: Opacity changes control how readily radiation escapes during each pulsation cycle.

• PhotosphereRelated: Opacity determines the depth from which escaping stellar light last interacts with matter.

• Hayashi trackRelated: High opacity helps make the outer layers of Hayashi-track stars convective.

• SubdwarfRelated: Low metal abundance changes opacity and therefore a star’s internal energy transport.

• UY ScutiRelated: Opacity changes help drive pulsations in cool, luminous stars.

• High-energy-density plasmaRelated: Opacity controls how radiation moves through dense plasma.