Question
This phenomenon prevents the total collapse of objects under the Chandrasekhar limit, for 10 points each:
[10m] Name this quantum effect which “pushes” apart particles that would otherwise overlap. The force from this phenomenon is enough to counteract gravity in white dwarves.
ANSWER: electron degeneracy pressure [accept but DO NOT REVEAL Pauli exclusion principle]
[10e] Degeneracy pressure arises due to this Austrian physicist’s namesake “exclusion principle” which prevents fermions from occupying the same quantum state.
ANSWER: Wolfgang Ernst Pauli
[10h] Degeneracy pressure breaks down at high temperatures, so white dwarves cool off by emitting these particles via the direct Urca process.
ANSWER: neutrinos [accept anti-neutrinos]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
Data
| RIT | Columbia Ly-α | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell Wind | Rochester B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rochester A | Cornell Earth | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cornell Fire | Rochester C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |