Recent content by Locke H

Ah, I see. My picture of what happens near the event horizon wasn't very complete to begin with so I wasn't quite aware of how to approach the question. But you're right, at these pressures, since only the constituent atoms have any relevance to the body's behavior, I would imagine it to be...

I noticed this thread was moved to special and general relativity, but I was actually particularly interested in what the condensed matter guys would have to say about extreme compression of matter. I'm working on elements for a novel and was looking to make an educated representation of what...

What happens to bodies of mass as they approach and get near this value? If they don't actually reach the criteria, will their properties be vastly different from bodies that do reach the criteria? Will it expand instead of maintain it's radius? I'm also wondering how much energy it takes...