Question

One type of these bodies ceases to emit radiation at the so-called “death line.” A 2017 (-5[1])multi-messenger astronomy breakthrough (-5[1])involved measuring both gravitational waves and a gamma-ray burst from the merger of two (-5[1])of these bodies, (-5[1])known as a kilonova. (-5[1])An (0[1])upper limit on these bodies’ mass (10[1])is named for Tolman, Oppenheimer, and Volkov. A “glitch” is a small increase in the frequency emitted by rapidly rotating examples of these bodies (10[1])called pulsars. Stars whose mass is just above the Chandrasekar limit form one of these bodies after a supernova instead of a white dwarf. For 10 points, what extremely dense celestial bodies are named for a subatomic particle? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: neutron stars [accept pulsars until read; reject “stars”]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY875%0%88%93.83
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