Lecture 19: Extreme Stars: White Dwarfs & Neutron Stars
What happens to the cores left behind at the end of a star's life?\nThis lecture introduces these stellar remnants: White Dwarfs\n(remnants of low-mass stars held up by Electron Degeneracy Pressure),\nand Neutron Stars (remnant cores of core-bounce supernovae held up\nby Neutron Degeneracy Pressure). We also the Chandrasekhar Mass for\nWhite Dwarfs, Type Ia Supernovae resulting from a white dwarf getting\ntipped over the Chandrasekhar Mass, Pulsars (rapidly rotating magnetized\nneutrons stars), and ask what happens when a neutron star gets tipped\nover its mass limit.\nRecorded 2006 January 31 in 1008 Evans Laboratory on the Columbus campus\nof The Ohio State University.