MP_StellarRemnants_Vocab
Across
- 2. phenomenon in which a special class of fluids, known as superfluids, can flow without viscosity, allowing them to circulate indefinitely without energy dissipation under the right conditions.
- 3. The continuous electromagnetic radiation produced by a highly relativistic plasma in a magnetic field.
- 4. Incredibly dense remnants of supermassive stars that have exploded as supernovae.
- 7. The theoretical maximum mass a white dwarf star can have and still remain a white dwarf…
- 9. Extra-terrestrial source of radiation that has a regular periodicity, usually detected in the form of short bursts of radio emission.
- 10. The stellar core left behind after a dying star has exhausted its nuclear fuel and expelled its outer layers to form a planetary nebula.
- 12. The radius of the event horizon surrounding a non-rotating black hole.
- 13. outer boundary of a black hole,...
Down
- 1. No two electrons can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously.
- 5. A star that suddenly brightens, becoming many times brighter than before.
- 6. a type of thermal radiation predicted to be emitted by black holes due to quantum effects near the event horizon.
- 8. A white dwarf that has cooled down to the temperature of the cosmic microwave background,...
- 11. An astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it.