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← ScienceWhich outcome regarding spacetime geometry results when adding mass to a neutron star near the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit?
A)Increased isotropic pressure halting collapse
B)Spontaneous Hawking radiation generation
C)Runaway gravitational collapse to a black hole✓
D)Neutron degeneracy pressure increase
💡 Explanation
Gravitational collapse to a black hole results because exceeding this mass limit overcomes all internal pressure supports leading to gravitational singularity formation, via runaway "equivalence" effects. Therefore, collapse occurs rather than pressure increase, because gravity dominates under these conditions as mass increases.
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