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Problem 7QQ
Choose the best answer to each of the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentence
What happens to a black hole that is accreting hydrogen gas from a nearby star? (a) It can become a neutron star. (b) A burst of fusion can occur on its surface. (c) Its Schwarzschild radius keeps increasing.
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QUESTION:
Problem 7QQ
Choose the best answer to each of the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentence
What happens to a black hole that is accreting hydrogen gas from a nearby star? (a) It can become a neutron star. (b) A burst of fusion can occur on its surface. (c) Its Schwarzschild radius keeps increasing.
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We need to find out what happens to a black hole that is accreting hydrogen gas from a nearby star.
A black hole can simply define as a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape.