What Is the Ultimate Fate of an Isolated White Dwarf

question 25

Multiple Choice

What is the ultimate fate of an isolated white dwarf?

• A)As gravity overwhelms the electron degeneracy pressure, it will explode as a nova.
• B)It will cool down and become a cold black dwarf.
• C)As gravity overwhelms the electron degeneracy pressure, it will explode as a supernova.
• D)The electron degeneracy pressure slowly overwhelms gravity and the white dwarf evaporates.
• E)As gravity overwhelms the electron degeneracy pressure, it will become a neutron star.

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