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JDL1964
Okay, as we all know, there's been a lot going on in the world of Astronomy and Astrophysics recently due to the collision of two Neutron Remnants. Personally refuse to call them "stars", because they are the remnants of proper stars and not proper stars in and of themselves. There have even been several various topics posed here in the PF revolving around the incident. Yet in all of this no one, from what I've seen, has taken any kind of stand on just what the results of this collision will be.
Now I'm no expert by any means, but here's what I've found so far in my research into this. Please feel free to correct any incorrect aspects. The point here is to get a discussion going on just where the NGC4993 neutron remnant collision is going, not to say I'm smarter than anyone else.
1. Neutron Remnants are created by supernovas that produce a neutron remnant that is 1.1 - 3.0 solar masses in size. (I've seen estimates from 1.1-2.0 and 1.5-3.0 so I'm just using the upper/lower ends).
2. The Neutron Remnants in question were estimated at 1.1 and 1.6 solar masses each. Total = 2.7
3. when they reached a certain point in their relative closeness and speed, they would have been a bulging out of material mass that should have been thrown out like a slingshot due to the orbital speed, and also mass thrown out from the sheer force of the impacting explosion.
4. Even though they would have thrown out mass, their combined size is estimated to be 2.6 solar masses? Only -0.1 from the combined pre-collision mass of the two? (I would have expected 2.1 myself).
Now... Given that a Neutron Remnant is apparently between 1.1 and 3.0 solar masses, and the resulting collisions combined weight is 2.6 solar masses, wouldn't the combined object just be a larger neutron remnant? Like two planets colliding and forming a larger planet? Of course some material would be lost to space, but the overall planet still exists, so wouldn't the neutron remnant? However, I'm hearing people mention black holes, magnetrons, and all other kinds of possible other results from the collision that simply doesn't make sense to me since they should require much more mass.
What are your thoughts on what the final product of this collision will be and why? IF anyone's around in another 100,000 years, we can see who was right. :)
Now I'm no expert by any means, but here's what I've found so far in my research into this. Please feel free to correct any incorrect aspects. The point here is to get a discussion going on just where the NGC4993 neutron remnant collision is going, not to say I'm smarter than anyone else.
1. Neutron Remnants are created by supernovas that produce a neutron remnant that is 1.1 - 3.0 solar masses in size. (I've seen estimates from 1.1-2.0 and 1.5-3.0 so I'm just using the upper/lower ends).
2. The Neutron Remnants in question were estimated at 1.1 and 1.6 solar masses each. Total = 2.7
3. when they reached a certain point in their relative closeness and speed, they would have been a bulging out of material mass that should have been thrown out like a slingshot due to the orbital speed, and also mass thrown out from the sheer force of the impacting explosion.
4. Even though they would have thrown out mass, their combined size is estimated to be 2.6 solar masses? Only -0.1 from the combined pre-collision mass of the two? (I would have expected 2.1 myself).
Now... Given that a Neutron Remnant is apparently between 1.1 and 3.0 solar masses, and the resulting collisions combined weight is 2.6 solar masses, wouldn't the combined object just be a larger neutron remnant? Like two planets colliding and forming a larger planet? Of course some material would be lost to space, but the overall planet still exists, so wouldn't the neutron remnant? However, I'm hearing people mention black holes, magnetrons, and all other kinds of possible other results from the collision that simply doesn't make sense to me since they should require much more mass.
What are your thoughts on what the final product of this collision will be and why? IF anyone's around in another 100,000 years, we can see who was right. :)