Chapter 17: Key Words

You should be familiar with the following terms as well as terms from previous chapters:
  • planetary nebula
  • superwind
  • white dwarf star
  • cataclysmic variable star
  • nova
  • recurrent nova
  • supernova
  • supernova remnant
  • Chandrasekhar limit
  • white dwarf supernova
  • gravitational wave
  • cosmic rays
  • fission
  • fusion
  • core-collapse supernova
  • SN 1987A
  • neutron star
  • Jocelyn Bell Burnell
  • Antony Hewish
  • pulsar
  • star quake
  • strong nuclear force
  • kilonova
  • multimessenger astronomy
  • black hole
  • singularity
  • event horizon
  • John Michell

  • Cygnus X-1
  • equivalence principle
  • gravitational redshift
  • photon sphere
  • gravitational time dilation
  • advance of perihelion
  • frame dragging
  • black holes have no hair theorem
  • Hawking radiation
  • Antony Hewish
  • pulsar
  • star quake
  • strong nuclear force
  • kilonova
  • multimessenger astronomy
  • black hole
  • singularity
  • event horizon
  • John Michell
  • Cygnus X-1
  • equivalence principle
  • gravitational redshift
  • photon sphere
  • gravitational time dilation
  • advance of perihelion
  • frame dragging
  • black holes have no hair theorem
  • Hawking radiation
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