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electron degenerate matter

(EDM)
(dense matter such as that in white dwarf)

Electron degenerate matter (sometimes abbreviated EDM) is matter showing electron degeneracy (electrons' need for some volume of space), and is the state of matter within a white dwarf or a massive stellar core. The state naturally occurs under a very high pressure and density, but not as high as that which results in neutron degenerate matter, the substance within a neutron star. In both these, pressure and density do not have the familiar ideal-gas-law relationship to temperature.


(physics,white dwarfs)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_matter#Electron_degeneracy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_degeneracy_pressure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf
https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/electron_degenerate_matter.html
https://www.sun.org/encyclopedia/degeneracy
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/E/electron+degeneracy+pressure
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Astro/whdwar.html#c3
http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/Ast102/LectureNotes/Lecture11/Lecture11.pdf

Referenced by pages:
degeneracy
electron degeneracy
Fermi sea
white dwarf (WD)

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