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Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and other Dead Stars -Part 2

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Continuation of Part 1 A description of the bizarre properties of White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes where quantum mechanics is needed to fully describe their nature.

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  • You made a comment that the magnetic fields accelerate particles. Then you agree that particles are affected by magnetic fields. I have a theory that matter is created 90° of a magnetic field. That is why matter forms on a disk around stars. I can give you more detail if you like.

  • Magnetic Fields accelerate charged particles such as electrons.. that comes out of standard Electromagnetic theory.

  • Is the gravitational field and magnetic field one and the same? If gravity is what is stopping particles then why do particles escape from black holes magnetic poles? Wouldn't gravity on a black holes be the same at the magnetic poles as it is at the equator?

  • Magnetic Fields and Gravitational fields are quite different. Gravity is the attraction between masses. Magnetic fields are associated with electic charges and currents.

    To your second question.. basically yes. Particles don't escape once they are in the event horizon of the BH

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  • when two black holes merge it becomes black hole caniballizum the bigger one aparrently eats the other

  • What happens when blackholes merge? How does it happen physically and mathematically (be kind it's been a long time since college)? Love your lecture.

  • Tidal forces are what rip you into a spagetti... as the BH increases in size(mass) the tidal forces get smaller at the event horizon! ..taking this to a limit there is a point where even a spagetti would not get ripped apart!

  • Thank You for that comment... the presentations are aimed precisely for the beginners. I use as a supplement for some of my teaching at the intro level.

  • You don't have to get anywhere near the event horison to be ripped to a spagetti by the black hole's gravity, especially if it's a supermassive one.

  • nice and precise presentation, good for the beginners.

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