• DOI:10.1016/j.newast.2006.08.001
Corpus ID: 15066591

Sources of stellar energy, Einstein–Eddington timescale of gravitational contraction and eternally collapsing objects

@article{Mitra2006SourcesOS,
  title={Sources of stellar energy, Einstein–Eddington timescale of gravitational contraction and eternally collapsing objects},
  author={A. Mitra},
  journal={New Astronomy},
  year={2006},
  volume={12},
  pages={146-160}
}

A. Mitra

Published 2006

Physics

New Astronomy

We point out that although conventional stars are primarily fed by burning of nuclear fuel at their cores, in a strict sense, the process of release of stored gravitational energy, known as, Kelvin - Helmholtz (KH) process is either also operational albeit at an arbitrary slow rate, or lying in wait to take over at the disruption of the nuclear channel. In fact, the latter mode of energy release is the true feature of any self-gravity bound object including stars. We also highlight the almost… CONTINUE READING

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