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Caption: Figure 6.
Effect of increasing the helium abundance at fixed age at the MS-TO/SGB level. For illustrative purposes, the MS-TO/SGB region of isochrones (Girardi et al. 2002) calculated at fixed age (12 Gyr) and metallicity (Z = 0.03) is shown for increasing helium abundances (see the labels). An increased helium abundance makes the MS-TO/SGB fainter.
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