What would happen if more mass was added to a 1.4- solar- mass neutron star?
A) It could eventually become a black hole, via a hypernova explosion.
B) It would blow off mass as an X- ray burster.
C) It would erupt as a Type I supernova.
D) It would grow larger, temporarily becoming a red giant again.
E) All of its protons and electrons would turn into quarks.
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Q52: A hypernova creates
A) millisecond- duration gamma- ray
Q53: What makes the Crab Nebula pulsar unusual
Q54: You would expect millisecond pulsars to be
A)
Q55: Pulsars
A) generally form from 25- solar- mass
Q56: In a hypernova, a very energetic supernova
Q58: The supernova of 1054 AD produced
A) a
Q59: Neutron stars do NOT have
A) masses greater
Q60: Two- thirds of all known millisecond pulsars
Q61: The densely packed neutrons of a neutron
Q62: The model for pulsars explains why there
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