What is Degenerate Matter?
Degenerate matter is a substance of extremely high density. This is because the Pauli exclusion principle prevents constituent particles from occupying the same quantum state, forcing many particles into high-energy substates, while showing degenerate pressure and increasing density. Degenerate materials are: white dwarfs, neutron stars, exotic materials, metal hydrogen and black holes.
Degenerate matter
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- Chinese name
- Degenerate matter
- Foreign name
- Degenerate matter
- Features
- Very dense substance
- Principle
- Pauli Incompatible Principle
- Degenerate matter is a substance of extremely high density. This is because the Pauli exclusion principle prevents constituent particles from occupying the same quantum state, forcing many particles into high-energy substates, while showing degenerate pressure and increasing density. Degenerate materials are: white dwarfs, neutron stars, exotic materials, metal hydrogen and black holes.
- Overview
- Degenerate matter is a substance of extremely high density, which is caused by the Pauli exclusive principle which makes its internal pressure very high. The pressure maintained in a degenerate object is called degenerate pressure. The Pauli exclusion principle prevents constituent particles from occupying the same quantum state; it causes degenerative pressure. Any attempt to force the particles close enough that they cannot be clearly distinguished. They must be kept at different energy levels. Therefore, reducing the volume requires forcing many particles into high energy substates. This requires an additional compressive force and therefore shows a resistive pressure.
- Degenerate matter includes stars with large masses and small radii; such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, exotic materials, metal hydrogen, and black holes.