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Title: What is the ultimate fate of an isolated white dwarf?
Post by: killian on Apr 29, 2014
What is the ultimate fate of an isolated white dwarf?
A) It will cool down and become a cold black dwarf.
B) As gravity overwhelms the electron degeneracy pressure, it will explode as a nova.
C) As gravity overwhelms the electron degeneracy pressure, it will explode as a supernova.
D) As gravity overwhelms the electron degeneracy pressure, it will become a neutron star.
E) The electron degeneracy pressure slowly overwhelms gravity and the white dwarf evaporates.


Title: Re: What is the ultimate fate of an isolated white dwarf?
Post by: padre on May 6, 2014
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Title: Re: What is the ultimate fate of an isolated white dwarf?
Post by: killian on May 6, 2014
Thanks sir