Assertion: giant's core | /r/CapableOf | become degenerate
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text: The end of the subgiant branch is defined to be when the core becomes degenerate or when the luminosity starts to increase.
text: Instead, after just a few million years the core reaches the Schönberg–Chandrasekhar limit, rapidly collapses, and may become degenerate.
text: They start core-helium burning before the core becomes degenerate and develop smoothly into red supergiants without a strong increase in luminosity.