collapsar
/kəˈlapsɑː
/noun Astronomy
An old star that has collapsed under its own gravity to form a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole.Two papers scheduled for an upcoming Astrophysical Journal Letters appear to support the collapsar model....
- Still, the collapsar is an extremely attractive model that fits a wide range of observed gamma-ray bursts.
- Pruet and his colleagues are also investigating whether collapsars might be the sources of other elements as well.
Origin
Late 20th century: from collapse, on the pattern of words such as pulsar.
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