Friday, August 22, 2014

[xxqvznkc] Neutron star collapse

A neutron star gains enough mass to become a black hole, perhaps through accretion or a neutron star merger: Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit.

What is the collapse like?  Is it dramatic and electromagnetically "loud"?  Or does it quietly go into the night?  It is one proposed model for short duration gamma ray bursts.

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