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collapsar

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collapsar [kɒˈlæpsɑː]
n
(Astronomy) Astronomy a collapsed star, either a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole


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148 Cohen, Ron 346 Cold 101 Cold fusion See Fusion, cold Collapsar model 228 Collar, Nigel 168 Collins, Frank 324 Colonno, Richard J.
According to one theory, known as the collapsar model, gravity rapidly crushes the core of a star at least 20 times as massive as the sun down to a black hole--a superlatively dense cinder whose gravity is so strong not even light can escape its grasp.
This souped-up version of a supernova is what Woosley and Bohdan Paczynski of Princeton University variously call a collapsar or hypernova.
 
 
 
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