Lecture 19: Extreme Stars: White Dwarfs & Neutron Stars

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