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... and then there are the neutron stars, exquisite perversions of physics where atom cores are packed so densely that the electrons have to form a cloud layer
by tempodox 6y ago
... and then there are the neutron stars, exquisite perversions of physics where atom cores are packed so densely that the electrons have to form a cloud layer around the star.
- saagarjha 6y agoNot around but inside the star: collapse to degeneracy doesn’t mean that the whole star behaves like a giant atom with electron cloud around it. Most of the electrons are captured by inverse beta decay, anyhow.