neutron stars - Universität Heidelberg
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Neutron Stars<br />
Movie (seven still images in 11/2000–04/2001)<br />
produced in core collapse<br />
supernova explosions<br />
compact, massive objects:<br />
radius ≈ 10 km, mass<br />
1 − 2M⊙<br />
extreme densities, several<br />
times nuclear density:<br />
n ≫ n0 = 3 · 10 14 g/cm 3<br />
in the middle of the crab<br />
nebula: a pulsar, a rotating<br />
<strong>neutron</strong> star!<br />
– p.7
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