Transcript 204p PPT Notes

The fate of super-massive stars
Death of a giant star
10 to 50
Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram
Main Sequence Stars
Supermassive
stars 10 – 50 X
the mass of
the sun…
Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram
Main Sequence Stars
Supermassive
stars 10 – 50 X
the mass of
the sun
turn into
Red
Supergiants.
Black Hole with Plasma Jet
Plasma jet
Accretion disk
Event horizon
Binary Star System
Binary
Twin
Black
Hole
Accretion Disc swirling from binary twin
toward the event horizon
Hot Swirling Gases of Accretionary
Disk Give Off X-rays
X-rays may come from plasma jets
X-Ray images of Cygnus X-1
(First Discovered Black Hole)
X-Ray images of black holes
Where do the X-Rays come from??
Star cycles
Small-Medium
Stars
Old “starstuff” becomes the fuel for new stars.
Large Stars
verse or even to an entirely
different universe!
The Event Horizon –
The “Point of no Return”
Gravitational Lens –Black Hole bends light from distant star.
Wormhole –
another universe??
Gateway to
Review –- 3 lifecycles of stars
3 to 10
10 to 50