In astronomy, the term compact object (or compact star) refers collectively to white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. It could also include exotic...

In mathematics, compact objects, also referred to as finitely presented objects, or objects of finite presentation, are objects in a category satisfying...

A central compact object (CCO) is an x-ray source found near the center of a young, nearby supernova remnant (SNR). Given the observed x-ray flux and spectra...

3×103 jansky). It remains among the most studied astronomical objects in its class. The compact object is now estimated to have a mass about 21.2 times the mass...

components is a compact object which is well within its Roche lobe, while the other is an evolved giant star. If the compact object is a white dwarf...

A black hole is a massive, compact astronomical object so dense that its gravity prevents anything from escaping, even light. Albert Einstein's theory...

An astronomical object, celestial object, stellar object or heavenly body is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists...

contains a compact object such as a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole, gas from the other (donor) star can accrete onto the compact object. This releases...

massive normal star is captured by the compact object, and produces X-rays as it falls onto the compact object. In a high-mass X-ray binary, the massive...

jets of plasma that originate from a central compact object that is accreting matter. Accreting compact objects and relativistic jets are invoked to explain...

compact objects in question appear to have no solid surface, which can be deduced from the examination of X-ray bursts for which the central compact object...

A MAssive Compact Halo Object (MACHO) is a kind of astronomical body that might explain the apparent presence of dark matter in galactic halos. A MACHO...

(TV series), a 1960s British soap opera Compact star, also called a compact object, a degenerate star like a neutron star Campact, a German nongovernmental...

given the size of the original star. The neutrino data indicate that a compact object did form at the star's core, and astronomers immediately began searching...

emission from the center of the galaxy appeared to be due to a compact non-thermal radio object embedded in a larger, and much brighter, radio source, Sagittarius A...

the object X is, in contrast to the fact that X need not be compact in C. Conversely, any compact object in Ind(C) arises as the image of an object in...

from the supernova explosion are then ionized by the energy and the compact object that its core produces. One of the best examples of this is the Crab...

these continue to evolve, with many companions eventually becoming compact objects such as white dwarfs or neutron stars themselves, though other possibilities...

known as X-ray novae and black hole X-ray transients, are composed of a compact object (most commonly a black hole but sometimes a neutron star) and some type...

holes orbited by small compact objects, known as extreme mass ratio inspirals, binaries of compact stars, substellar objects orbiting such binaries,...

expansion at different distances." The inspiral and merging of two compact objects are a strong source of gravitational waves (GW). The basic model for...

envelope can lead to the formation of a binary system composed of a compact object with a close companion. Cataclysmic variables, X-ray binaries and systems...

latter case the compact object is a white dwarf that accretes hydrogen that finally undergoes explosive burning. The compact object of the broader class...

long-standing puzzle surrounding type II supernovae is why the remaining compact object receives a large velocity away from the epicentre; pulsars, and thus...

photon spheres can only exist in the space surrounding an extremely compact object (a black hole or possibly an "ultracompact" neutron star). The photon...

proposed that gravity can be strong enough in the vicinity of massive compact objects that even light cannot escape. At that time, the Newtonian theory of...

reachable objects are marked, then a compacting step relocates the reachable (marked) objects towards the beginning of the heap area. Compacting garbage...

October 2009). "X-ray astronomy in the laboratory with a miniature compact object produced by laser-driven implosion". Nature Physics. 5 (11): 821–825...

luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour. Around 1920, he foreshadowed the discovery...

was awarded to Ghez and Genzel for their discovery of a supermassive compact object, now generally recognized to be a black hole, in the Milky Way's Galactic...