Neutron Stars Explained in Simple Words for Laymen
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Nov 29, 2022 12:40
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What are neutron stars and why are they so extreme? A tablespoon of neutron star material weighs as much as Mount Everest! In this video, we explain neutron stars in simple words — from their discovery by Jocelyn Bell in 1967 to their mind-blowing properties like quadrillion-times-stronger magnetic fields and 650-rotations-per-second pulsars.
Learn how neutron stars form from supernova explosions, why they're made almost entirely of neutrons, what pulsars are, and how studying these objects helps us understand exotic states of matter.
📚 Topics Covered:
- The discovery of neutron stars (Jocelyn Bell & Antony Hewish)
- Baade and Zwicky's 1934 prediction
- Chandrasekhar limit and supernova core collapse
- Neutron star properties: density, magnetic fields, size
- Exotic quark matter: superconductivity and superfluidity
- Types: isolated neutron stars, pulsars, binary systems
- The Lighthouse Model of pulsars
- Why neutron stars matter for physics
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References:
https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/astronomybc/chapter/23-4-pulsars-and-the-discovery-of-neutron-stars/
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/6509
https://chandra.harvard.edu/blog/node/432
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AAS...23322805C/abstract
https://ccrg.rit.edu/research/area/binary-neutron-stars
Original Article Link: https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/universe/what-are-neutron-stars-do-they-exist-what-special-dying-star.html
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