An X-ray burster occurs in a pulsar when ____.
A) accreted helium suddenly fuses in a nova-like explosion
B) the Chandrasekhar limit is exceeded and the object collapses
C) carbon deflagration destroys the object
D) it merges with a binary companion
E) hydrogen fusion ignites in an accretion disk around it
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Q26: An astronomer examining a compact object could
Q27: Supernova remnants _.
A) always contain pulsars, because
Q28: Pulsars were discovered because they _.
A) provide
Q29: If the Sun was replaced by a
Q30: Matter falling onto a compact object, such
Q32: The event horizon of a black hole
Q33: The jets emitted by compact objects are
Q34: The first confirmed black hole, Cygnus X-1,
Q35: Millisecond pulsars _.
A) are created in supernova
Q36: Pulsar planets are _.
A) huge gas planets
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