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Announcements. Reading for next class: Chapter 19 Star Assignment 9, due Monday April 12 Angel Quiz Cosmos Assignment 1, Due Monday April 12 Angel Quiz. Death of Stars. White Dwarf Neutron Star Black Hole Nothing. WHITE DWARFS - corpse of small mass stars.

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  1. Announcements • Reading for next class: Chapter 19 • Star Assignment 9, due Monday April 12 • Angel Quiz • Cosmos Assignment 1,Due Monday April 12 • Angel Quiz

  2. Death of Stars • White Dwarf • Neutron Star • Black Hole • Nothing

  3. WHITE DWARFS -corpse of small mass stars • Core contracts until electrons are squeezed so much, their velocity increases according to the Uncertainty Principle • Produces extra Pressure, stops contraction, at Size about Earth • White Dwarf slowly cools & becomes redder

  4. A white dwarf is about the same size as Earth

  5. More Massive White Dwarfs are Smaller • More Mass • More gravity • Need larger Pressure • Squeeze electrons more to increase their speed and pressure • Smaller White Dwarf

  6. Maximum Mass for White Dwarfs • Pressure of “degenerate” electrons can only support so much mass before electron speed would = speed of light. Electrons get squeezed onto protons. • Maximum Mass of White Dwarfs = 1.4 Msun S. Chandrasekhar

  7. What happens to a White Dwarf that gains more mass?

  8. Question: What happens to a white dwarf when it accretes enough matter to reach the 1.4 MSun limit? A. It explodes B. It collapses into a neutron star C. It gradually begins fusing carbon in its core

  9. Question: What happens to a white dwarf when it accretes enough matter to reach the 1.4 MSun limit? A. It explodes (White Dwarf SUPERNOVA) B. It collapses into a neutron star C. It gradually begins fusing carbon in its

  10. Fate of Large Mass Stars • Core contracts & gets hotter • Onion like layered structure • Fuse heavier nuclei up to Iron • Iron core shrinks, but can’t fuse to heavier nuclei & release energy

  11. Fate of Large Mass Stars • Iron core shrinks • e- + p -> n + n • No Pressure • Iron core collapses • Supernova

  12. What is the source of Energy for a Supernova Explosion? • Chemical Energy? • Nuclear Energy? • Gravitational Potential Energy? • Dark Energy? • Thermal Kinetic Energy?

  13. What is the source of Energy for a Supernova Explosion? • Chemical Energy? • Nuclear Energy? • Gravitational Potential Energy • Dark Energy? • Thermal Kinetic Energy?

  14. Test Supernova Theory • Supernova 1987A close by in Magellanic Cloud • Burst of neutrinos observed • Core collapsed and became very hot • Energy ~ 108 Lgalaxy ~ 1019 Lsun, Core mass 1.4 Msun • Burst lasted several seconds • Neutrinos diffused out • Progenitor star (unexpected) • Blue not Red supergiant • Smaller, shock reached surface faster (2 hrs between n & g)

  15. Supernova are the source of all heavy elements • Explosion returns to space the elements produced nuclear fusion during a stars life: C, N, O, Ne, Mg, Si, S, Ca, Fe • Elements heavier than iron are only made during supernova explosions

  16. What is left after a Supernova Explosion? • Neutron Star • Black Hole

  17. What is a Neutron Star? • Ball of neutrons • Remnant core of a massive star supernova • Supported by Pressure of degenerate neutrons (Dv ~ h/mnDx)Because mn >> me, must be squeezed much more to get large velocity & pressure

  18. Neutron Star ~ Size of Lansing Neutron Star

  19. Discovery • Theorized by J. Robert Oppenheimer and Volkoff in 1930s • Discovered by Jocelyn Bell Burnell • Part of her PhD thesis • Found regular pulses of radio waves

  20. Crab Pulsar,f=30 /s.P = 1/30 s

  21. How do we see Neutron Stars? • Gravity near NS very strong (mass of Sun in Size of Lansing) • Gas falling into NS (from companion binary star) speeds up to almost speed of light, becomes very hot • Emits x-rays in beam along rotation axis,~ lighthouse beacon

  22. X-rays Visible light

  23. Test of Neutron Star Model • Observe Crab Pulsar is slowing down • Is slowing down because losing rotational KE. Calculate rate of energy loss from rate slowing down based on assumption is NS • Compare rate of energy loss to observed rate of energy emission from entire Crab nebula • They agree!!! • Must be NS

  24. Maximum Mass of Neutron Stars • Neutron stars are supported against gravity by the pressure of “degenerate” neutrons • More Mass • More Pressure • neutrons move Faster • neutrons more Squeezed together, Dv ~ h/mnDx • Maximum possible velocity = speed of light • Maximum mass neutron star ~ 3 Msun

  25. If supernove remnant mass > 3 Msun • Gravity overcomes Pressure • Remnant collapses • Gravity increasesFgravity = G M1 M2 / D2

  26. Black Hole

  27. Student Questions: • What is a black hole • Do they exist • How do they form • Explain curved space-time • Is a BH a hole in the universe • How can we know anything about them • How can we find them • Can one live forever inside them • What is on the other side • Why does time run slower • How can more heat make gravity stronger • Where does stuff go that falls into them

  28. What is a Black Hole? • An object whose GRAVITY is so strong, not even Light can escape it (that is you would have to go faster than the speed of light to escape)

  29. Question: What happens to the escape velocity from an object if you shrink it? A. Increases B. Decreases C. Stays the same

  30. Question: What happens to the escape velocity from an object if you shrink it? A. Increases B. Decreases C. Stays the same

  31. Formation of Black Holes If the collapsing core of a massive star which produces the supernova explosion has more mass than the pressure of degenerate neutrons can support (> 3 Msun) • Nothing can stop its collapse • The escape velocity reaches the speed of light • Nothing can go faster than the speed of light • Black Hole

  32. Surface of a Black Hole • Surface where escape velocity = speed of light is surface of a Black Hole, called Event Horizon • Outside Event Horizon can escape,inside can not

  33. Question: • What happens to the SIZE of a BH if it gains more mass? • Increases • Decreases • Stays the Same

  34. Question: • What happens to the SIZE of a BH if it gains more mass? • Increases (Gravity stronger, so escape velocity = speed of light farther away) • Decreases • Stays the Same

  35. If nothing can escape from a BH, How do we know its there? If gas falls into a BH • BH gravity makes it speed up • Conservation of Angular Momentum makes it form an Accretion Disk, orbiting at nearly the speed of light • Friction makes it very hot • Emits X-Rays

  36. Black Hole Accretion Disk

  37. How do we know it’s a Black Hole? • Only Neutron Stars and Black Holes have strong enough gravity to make infalling gas hot enough to emit x-rays. • If can determine mass of suspect (in a binary system) & Mass > 3 Msun • Must be Black Hole

  38. Do we see any Black Holes?

  39. Black Holes are NOT holes in the Universe

  40. What would you see as you approach a Black Hole

  41. What happens as you fall into a BH? • Tides: gravity is stronger on your feet than your head, because they are closer • Gravity is towards center of BH, squeezes you from sides

  42. What do your classmates see? To answer this need to know a little of Einstein’s theory of Motion and Gravity: • Gravity is Motion in Warped Space - Time • You can’t tell the difference between acceleration by gravity and any other constant acceleration • E = mc2, energy and mass are same thing measured in different units

  43. Mass warps Space - TimeWarped Space - Time tells Mass how to Move Forget time, think just about warped space

  44. Orbits in Warped Space - Time c = circular, e = elliptical, u = unbounded

  45. Elevator & Rocket

  46. Gravity = AccelerationLight Beam in an Elevator or Gravity

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