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• Degenerate matter — is matter that has such extraordinarily high density that the dominant contribution to its pressure is attributable to the Pauli exclusion principle.[1] The pressure maintained by a body of degenerate matter is called the degeneracy pressure, and …   Wikipedia

• degenerate gas — degenerate gas, a gas in which the electronic particles and nuclei are densely distributed, and thus can liberate energy, as in white dwarf stars …   Useful english dictionary

• Dwarf star — The term dwarf star refers to a variety of distinct classes of stars. Dwarf star alone generally refers to any main sequence star, a star of luminosity class V. Red dwarfs are low mass main sequence stars. Yellow dwarfs are main sequence (dwarf)… …   Wikipedia

• degenerate — verb (i) /dəˈdʒɛnəreɪt / (say duh jenuhrayt) (degenerated, degenerating) 1. to decline in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate. 2. Biology to revert to a less highly organised or simpler type. –adjective /dəˈdʒɛnərət / (say duh… …  

• degenerate gas — ▪ physics       in physics, a particular configuration, usually reached at high densities, of a gas composed of subatomic particles with half integral intrinsic angular momentum (spin). Such particles are called fermions (fermion), because their… …   Universalium

• Dwarf nova — HT Cas seen in outburst (mag 13.4) on 2010 November 2. Li …   Wikipedia

• White dwarf — For other uses, see White dwarf (disambiguation). Image of Sirius A and Sirius B taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Sirius B, which is a white dwarf, can be seen as a faint pinprick of light to the lower left of the much brighter Sirius A …   Wikipedia

• Pulsating white dwarf — V777 Herculis star redirects here. For the star, see GD 358. A pulsating white dwarf is a white dwarf star whose luminosity varies due to non radial gravity wave pulsations within itself. Known types of pulsating white dwarfs include DAV, or ZZ… …   Wikipedia

• white dwarf star — Any of a class of small, faint stars representing the end point of the evolution of stars without enough mass to become neutron stars or black holes. Named for the white colour of the first ones discovered, they actually occur in a variety of… …   Universalium

• Brown dwarf — Brown dwarfs are sub stellar objects which are too low in mass to sustain hydrogen 1 fusion reactions in their cores, which is characteristic of stars on the main sequence. Brown dwarfs have fully convective surfaces and interiors, with no… …   Wikipedia

• Black dwarf — A black dwarf is a hypothetical star, created when a white dwarf becomes sufficiently cool to no longer emit significant heat or light. Since the time required for a white dwarf to reach this state is calculated to be longer than the current age… …   Wikipedia