Science, Maths & Technology
White dwarfs and neutron stars
...adapted extract from the Open University course S384 Astrophysics of stars and exoplanets. ...White dwarfs and neutron stars: Introduction - In this course, you will explore the exotic end-points in the lives of most stars – namely white dwarfs and neutron stars. To do this we consider the properties of so-called degenerate matter and how these properties govern the...