Chapter 7: Q. 7.24 (page 277)
A star that is too heavy to stabilize as a white dwarf can collapse further to form a neutron star: a star made entirely of neutrons, supported against gravitational collapse by degenerate neutron pressure. Repeat the steps of the previous problem for a neutron star, to determine the following: the mass radius relation; the radius, density, Fermi energy, and Fermi temperature of a one-solar-mass neutron star; and the critical mass above which a neutron star becomes relativistic and hence unstable to further collapse.
Short Answer
The mass radius relation is
The radius is found to be
The density of the white dwarf star is
The Fermi energy and temperature are
The critical mass is given by,