The
Henyey track is a path taken by
pre-main-sequence stars with masses >0.5
Solar mass in the
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram after the end of
Hayashi track. The astronomer
Louis G. Henyey and his colleagues in the 1950s, showed that the pre-main-sequence star can remain in radiative equilibrium throughout some period of its contraction to the main sequence. The Henyey track is characterized by a slow collapse in near hydrostatic equilibrium. They are approaching the
main sequence almost horizontally in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (i.e. the
luminosity remains almost constant).