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Aspects of the Collapse of Compact Objects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. A. Gingold
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University
J. J. Monaghan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University

Extract

Misner Thorne and Wheeler (1973), (page 629) suggested that a freshly formed White Dwarf star of several solar masses would, if slowly — rotating, collapse to form a neutron star pancake which would become unstable and eventually produce several, possibly colliding, neutron stars.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1980

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