Black holes, white dwarfs, and neutron stars by Saul A. Teukolsky, Stuart L. Shapiro

Black holes, white dwarfs, and neutron stars



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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN: 0471873179, 9780471873174
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Sources of detectable gravitational waves could possibly include binary star systems composed of white dwarfs, neutron stars, or black holes. Thumbnail, Image Description, Caption, NASA IDs, Image Size, Hi-Resolution TIFF? Answer to previous quiz (click here) Option D- (All of the above) "The ultimate fate of the star whether it is a white dwarf, Neutron star or a Black Hole depends on its initial mass. It's funny, because the more wacky combinations of stars and compact object (white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole) we find or imagine, the more remarkable evolutionary scenarios astronomers can conceive of playing out. We can't hope to create extremely strong gravity in the lab, so we need to look outwards into space for things like black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs. Once the last of the red dwarfs exhaust their fuel, all nuclear fusion in the universe will have ceased. We call this type of explosion a "Type Ia supernova" ("Type Ia" is a historical moniker from before we understood what was exploding), and the supernova completely obliterates the white dwarf. A journey of simulations of Black Holes, Neutron Stars, White Dwarfs and Space and Time. The combined pressure of the electrons holds up the white dwarf, preventing further collapse towards an even stranger entity like a neutron star or black hole. Eventually, in 100 trillion years, the last stars will have died, all that remains are their corpses: white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes. White dwarfs are the hot, dense leftover cores of ex-stars. Thumbnail of image, Near-infrared image of young binary stars with a faint companion (a planet?). Though, it is only a simulation, nothing more. But there is also pure science to be done – and for me, that is the truly exciting part.