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

Black holes, white dwarfs, and neutron stars Saul A. Teukolsky, Stuart L. Shapiro ebook
Page: 653
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN: 0471873179, 9780471873174
Format: djvu

"If they are part of a binary system, stellar remnants such as white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes may accrete matter from their companion and, in the process, shine brightly in X-rays. In our case, the processes of energy generation and conversion are particularly complicated because of the exotic nature of black holes. Therefore, it is an ideal technique to study the galactic population of faint or dark objects, such as brown dwarfs, red dwarfs, white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and exoplanets. €�White dwarf/neutron star or black hole binaries are thought to be quite rare, although there is a huge range in the number per Milky Way-like galaxy in the literature. They suggest that two compact stellar remnants – black holes, neutron stars or white dwarfs – collided and merged together. Black holes, like neutron stars, white dwarfs and normal stars, also have strong magnetic fields that get even stronger the closer you get to the event horizon, or the point from which light cannot escape. An artist's impression of the merger of two neutron stars. But there is also pure science to be done – and for me, that is the truly exciting part. First, instead of conventional objects such as the earth and moon, they consider the production of black holes on white dwarfs and neutron stars. Short duration gamma-ray bursts are thought to be caused by the merger of some combination of white dwarfs, neutron stars or black holes. They suggest that two compact stellar remnants, i.e., black holes, neutron stars, or white dwarfs, collided and merged together.