A white dwarf is a star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel and lost its outer mass

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A white dwarf is a star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel and lost its outer mass so that it consists only of its dense, hot inner core. It will cool unless it gains mass from some nearby star. It can form a binary system with such a star and gradually gain mass up to the limit of 1.4 times the mass of the Sun. If the white dwarf were to start to exceed the limit, it would explode into a supernova. How much energy is released by the explosion of a white dwarf at its limiting mass if 80.0% of its mass is converted to energy?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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