In a White Dwarf, What Is the Source of Pressure

question 91

Multiple Choice

In a white dwarf, what is the source of pressure that halts its contraction as it cools?

• A) thermal pressure of the extremely hot gas
• B) electrons packed so closely that they become incompressible
• C) neutrons that resist being pressed further together
• D) carbon nuclei that repel each other strongly because they each contain six protons
• E) rapid rotation

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