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I'm curious as well. My guess is it would expand because there's not enough mass left to overcome the strong nuclear force.

• imInGoodCompany 7y ago
  Not a physicist, but: "expansion" is probably understating it. My guess would be something analogous to an insanely powerful neutron bomb. Interesting thought experiment, would love to see someone do the actual maths.
  • SiempreViernes 7y ago
    "Neutron bomb" just means a nuke that releases a lot of neutrons while not exploding quite as much. The energy density contained within a bit of neutron star matter makes a big explosion, and that will likely dominate over the more exotic processes.
  • vman81 7y ago
    A 10cm3 cube of neutron star would weigh about a billion tonnes, comparable to a cubic km of water ice. I wonder how all that mass would behave if left to expand with all the exotic physics involved - if it would just sort of... vaporize the planet.