Question #173614
3. a) Explain the concept of degeneracy pressure. What role does it play in the evolution
of a star after its death?
Expert's answer
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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.
