Talks
Toc-toc: Arnau Ríos, «Zombie and Degenerate Stars: A Walk Through the Star Graveyard» - Astronomical Society of Sabadell
By
Arnau Ríos, ICCUB
Date
Time
Language
CA
Context
Contact
divulgacio@icc.ub.edu
Area
Atomic-Nuclear
Open to all
Zombie and Degenerate Stars: A Walk Through the Star Graveyard
When the interior of a star runs out of nuclear fuel, it stops generating energy and we say that the star has "died". However, the death of a star is neither unique nor final... Stars generate corpses that are very different and interesting in many ways: white dwarfs, neutron stars and even black holes. In this talk, we will discuss these strange stellar objects, understand their origin from quantum mechanics and discuss the astronomical observations that have confirmed their existence.
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