What occurs if the remnant core mass exceeds the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) limit?
Answer
The collapse continues indefinitely, forming a singularity.
When the remnant core mass surpasses the maximum stable mass for a neutron star (the TOV limit), even neutron degeneracy pressure fails, and gravity causes the matter to compress indefinitely into a singularity, forming a black hole.
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