Degenerate remnants of stars (part I)
4 Maio 2020, 13:00 • Israel Matute Troncoso
End stages of stars include cores composed of degenerate matter.
Eq. of state for a degenerate gas:
electron degenerate pressure due to Pauli’s exclusion principle.
Polytrope models for the relativistic and non-relativistic cases.
Properties and classification of white dwarfs (WD).
The particular case of Sirius B.