What happens to the cores left behind at the end of a star's life?

This lecture introduces these stellar remnants: White Dwarfs

(remnants of low-mass stars held up by Electron Degeneracy Pressure),

and Neutron Stars (remnant cores of core-bounce supernovae held up

by Neutron Degeneracy Pressure). We also the Chandrasekhar Mass for

White Dwarfs, Type Ia Supernovae resulting from a white dwarf getting

tipped over the Chandrasekhar Mass, Pulsars (rapidly rotating magnetized

neutrons stars), and ask what happens when a neutron star gets tipped

over its mass limit.

Recorded 2006 January 31 in 1008 Evans Laboratory on the Columbus campus

of The Ohio State University.