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Electron Degeneracy & White Dwarfs: Physical Mechanisms

A white dwarf is the compact remnant left when a low- or intermediate-mass star loses its outer layers and leaves behind a dense core. White dwarfs are laboratories for dense matter, stellar ages, binary evolution, novae, and Type Ia supernovae.

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A white dwarf is the compact remnant left when a low- or intermediate-mass star loses its outer layers and leaves behind a dense core.

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The Pauli exclusion principle prevents identical electrons from occupying the same quantum state.

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