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Cosmic Corpses: Dead stars as Factories of the most Extreme Objects in the Universe
Abstract
The apparent serenity of the night sky conceals a long history of stellar evolution, in which gravity and the properties of matter determine the remarkable fates of stars. In this pedagogical account, we discuss white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes, explaining how quantum mechanics, nuclear interactions, and General Relativity govern their formation and distinctive properties. We also highlight the possibility of primordial black holes, which may have formed from rare large density fluctuations in the early Universe, and briefly discuss their potential role as constituents of dark matter.
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BibTeX
@misc{khunt2026cosmic,
title = {{Cosmic Corpses: Dead stars as Factories of the most Extreme Objects in the Universe}},
author = {Ankit C. Khunt and Swagat S. Mishra},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.09988},
eprint = {2611.09988},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.09988},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Cosmic Corpses: Dead stars as Factories of the most Extreme Objects in the Universe
AU - Ankit C. Khunt
AU - Swagat S. Mishra
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/02
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.09988
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.09988
AB - The apparent serenity of the night sky conceals a long history of stellar evolution, in which gravity and the properties of matter determine the remarkable fates of stars. In this pedagogical account, we discuss white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes, explaining how quantum mechanics, nuclear interactions, and General Relativity govern their formation and distinctive properties. We also highlight the possibility of primordial black holes, which may have formed from rare large density fluctuations in the early Universe, and briefly discuss their potential role as constituents of dark matter.
ER -