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Caption: Figure 6.
Left: evolution of central densities versus central temperatures. The gray shaded zone is the PI regime. A few models such as the 6000, 7000, and 8000 M⊙ stars were evolved past the PI into core Si burning. Right: collapse of the 8000 M⊙ star to a BH.
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