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In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, he developed RS coupling which is also known as LS Coupling .

He co-wrote an influential two-volume textbook in , etc.)
were largely determined by the star's mass and chemical composition, which became known as the Vogt-Russell Theorem
(including Hermann Vogt who independently discovered the result). Since a star's chemical composition
gradually changes with age (usually in a non-homogeneous fashion), Stellar Evolution results.


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