gravitational collapse

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gravitational
adjective
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/ˌɡræv.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌɡræv.əˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/
relating to gravity or gravitation (= the force that attracts objects towards ...
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collapse
noun
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/kəˈlæps/us
/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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They are small in the early universe, and large ingravitationalcollapse.
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These authors have inferred that this telescoping was followed by delamination that produced extensive, but short-lived magmatism andgravitationalcollapse.
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Nonetheless, the instability grows gently without anygravitationalcollapseand without subsequent large three-dimensional motions as it would for the elliptic instability (figure 7b).
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They are probably associated with some supernovae, producing narrow beams of radiation duringgravitationalcollapse.
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The change in tectonic transport by nearly 90°, from perpendicular to parallel to the belt, deeply influenced the fate of large portions of the thickened crust precluding itsgravitationalcollapse.
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Baryonic acoustic oscillations are imprints of sound waves on scales where radiation pressure stabilized the density perturbations againstgravitationalcollapsein the early universe.
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So if the collapsing star has a mass exceeding this limit, the collapse will continue forever (catastrophicgravitationalcollapse) and form a black hole.
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His work in general relativity included the theory ofgravitationalcollapse.
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These peaks are caused by thegravitationalcollapseof crater walls and subsequent rebound of the compressed crater floor.
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At the time, the only known source for the solar power output wasgravitationalcollapse.
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The star's pressure is insufficient to counterbalance gravity and a catastrophicgravitationalcollapseoccurs in milliseconds.
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Gravitationalcollapsewill usually occur on any compact star between 10 and 25 solar masses and produce a black hole.
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After the collision has finished the zone of thickened crust generally undergoesgravitationalcollapse, often with the formation of very large extensional faults.
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However, when the free-fall time is less than the sound-crossing time, gravity wins, and the region undergoesgravitationalcollapse.
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The greater the mass of the cloud, the smaller its size, and the colder its temperature, the less stable it will be againstgravitationalcollapse.
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Gravitationalcollapseis at the heart of structure formation in the universe.
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Neutron stars are formed bygravitationalcollapseof larger stars, the remnant of other types of supernova.
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The source of this energy isgravitationalcollapse, as their cores are not yet hot enough to begin nuclear fusion.
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While most of the energy released duringgravitationalcollapseis emitted very quickly, an outside observer does not actually see the end of this process.
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Thegravitationalcollapseof heavy stars is assumed to be responsible for the formation of stellar mass black holes.
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