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Neutron Degeneracy
Neutron degeneracy is a stellar application of the Pauli Exclusion Principle, as is electron degeneracy. No two neutrons can occupy identical states, even under the pressure of a collapsing star of ...
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Neutron Stars - Introduction
Brief introduction from NASA on the nature of neutron stars, includes links to related topics.
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ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source
The homepage of the world's leading pulsed neutron source
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Bertram N. Brockhouse
Bertram N. Brockhouse (1918 - ) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1994 for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter. In ...
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Clifford G. Shull
Clifford G. Shull (1915 - 2001) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1994 for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter. In ...
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Event Horizon
After collapse to the neutron star stage, stars with masses less than 1-3 solar masses should remain neutron stars. Those of masses greater than 1 to 3 collapse toward zero spatial extent - toward a ...
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Hyperphysics - Neutrons
Structure and stability of the neutron with good links to other relevant parts of the site.
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Nuclear Isotope Half-Lifes
The site demonstrates the half-life of ten basic nuclei and you can add or subtract a proton or a neutron to the current isotope.
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Cygnus X-1
Doppler studies of this blue supergiant in Cygnus indicate a period of 5.6 days in orbit around an unseen companion. The mass of the companion is calculated to be 8-10 solar masses, much too large to ...
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Neutron Star
For a sufficiently massive star, an iron core is formed and still the gravitational collapse has enough energy to heat it up to a high enough temperature to either fuse or fission iron. Either in the ...
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