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Transcribed Image Text:For a 1 solar mass white dwarf with a radius of 6000km, calculate the momentum and kinetic energy
(in units of electronvolts) of an electron in the highest occupied electron state. Assume the star consists
only of carbon and has a uniform density.
Calculate the momentum and kinetic energy of a neutron in the highest occupied neutron state for a 2
solar mass neutron star with a radius of 10km. Assume that the star has a uniform density and consists
only of neutrons.
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