Question: When a star collapses it significantly shrinks in size and spins up . Consider a star with a mass of M = 3 . 6

When a star collapses it significantly shrinks in size and spins up. Consider a star with a mass of M=3.651030kg and an initial radius of Ri=7105km. If the initial period of rotation of the star is Ti=30.1days, find the new rotational period after it collapses to a final radius of Rf=7103km. Treat the star before and after the collapse as a solid sphere with uniform mass distribution (which is not true, of course, but good enough for an estimation).

Step by Step Solution

There are 3 Steps involved in it

1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock blur-text-image
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!

Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts

Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock

Students Have Also Explored These Related Physics Questions!