This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Which of the following best describes why a white dwarf cannot have a mass greater than the ... (Read 117 times)

luminitza

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 555
Which of the following best describes why a white dwarf cannot have a mass greater than the 1.4-solar-mass limit?
 
  A) The upper limit to a white dwarf's mass is something we have learned from observations, but no one knows why this limit exists.
  B) Electron degeneracy pressure depends on the speeds of electrons, which approach the speed of light as a white dwarf's mass approaches the 1.4-solar-mass limit.
  C) White dwarfs get hotter with increasing mass, and above the 1.4-solar-mass limit they would be so hot that even their electrons would melt.
  D) White dwarfs are made only from stars that have masses less than the 1.4-solar-mass limit.

Question 2

Which of these would be made up of only Population II stars?
 
  A) Seyfert spirals
  B) Irr type II
  C) elliptical galaxies
  D) barred spirals
  E) Irr type I



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

vboyd24

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 341
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C




luminitza

  • Member
  • Posts: 555
Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Wow, this really help


bitingbit

  • Member
  • Posts: 323
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

Did you know?

Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.

Did you know?

There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.

Did you know?

More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.

Did you know?

According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.

Did you know?

The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library