Answer to Question #173614 in Astronomy | Astrophysics for ANJU JAYACHANDRAN

Question

3. a) Explain the concept of degeneracy pressure. What role does it play in the evolution

of a star after its death?

Answer 1

The main concepts is ,that

The pressure that is exerted by degenerate electrons is always keeps white dwarfs from contracting to the smaller diameters. And finally , the white dwarfs cools to become black dwarfs , stellar remnants made up of carbon, oxygen, and neon.