Question about black holes?

Question

If a neutron is made up of densly packed neutrons...then what really happens when they collapse in a black hole? Do they create empty space somewhere else (another universe), or do they simply just break down to create quarks?

No I worded it correctly. I was just using neutron stars as a refference to the progressive stage of the death of stars.

Answer 1

are we talking about the point of singularity??

it would make sense to me that they would go somewhere else.

Answer 2

Ordinary matter is actually composed of mostly empty space between the nucleus and the electrons. A neutron star has such a hugh gravitational force that it forces all the electrons into the nucleus and turn all the protons into neutrons. Everything is packed as densely as possible. If this is still not able to with stand the force of gravity, then everything collapses into a singularity. All of the mass of the star is now concentrated at a point with 0 volumn. That is the current theory.

However, I kind of wonder if there are any Quark stars out there. A neutron also are not the most compact state of ordinary matter. The quarks inside are still separted by space. So squeeshing those quarks together should take some more force I would think.

Answer 3

When atoms in a star become Ionized to form a state of matter called Plasma, it simply means that atoms have been stripped of electrons.
Atoms forms the structure of mass in the Universe. If we stripped protons out of the nucleus of the atoms, we have lost the basics of a mass structure; As Neutrons are very heavy they would just roam around moving at the quasi speed of light looking for some partners to form a new nucleus ot the atom. Neverthe less as Scientists have given properties to a special structure inside a black hole it must be of a material that we know very little about. This bring a dillemma = do Black hole have real atomic structures or are they magnetic structures. This question was Brought up by Abhas Mitra in which he indicated that Black hole do not exist as the theory of simgularity alluded to,but must be a different entity showing that Black holes cannot exist as such without violating the Principles of General Relativity theory.

Answer 4

a neutron star is an alternative to a black hole. once a star becomes a neutron star it stays like that forever. same with a white dwarf. a black hole is caused by a massive star exploding into a super nova and not leaving that iron core that later turns into a neutron star. that material comes back together and gets collapsed by gravity into a single point.

they dont make empty space anywhere else, your thinking of black holes as too supernatural. theres nothing really that strange about it. its just gravity pulling a star back together, and because those particles of the star arent fusing and producing pressure anymore gravity can collapse it as small as possible. it doesnt create empty space anywhere really.

Answer 5

I assume u mean a neutron star. Black holes are made up of degenerate matter, most likely all in quark state

Answer 6

The black hole would slowly break down the neutrons to the point in which it is part of the black hole.

Answer 7

Not my area of expertise, but an interesting topic! You really got these blokes putting their thinking caps on for a change...and to think all of this time I was just happy doing the neutron dance!

Answer 8

I'm no biggie on science but i have watched lots of science/history channel documentaries.

As from what i heard, nobody knows what happens in black holes. Some theories are that they just disspere or are sent to another dimension.

I truly dont know, hope that helped :p

Answer 9

Wormholes.