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bilsbietoday at 12:08 PM1 replyview on HN

Could electrons orbit a neutron star if we gave it a positive charge?


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terminalbraidtoday at 12:34 PM

Not in the sense that the electrons would be orbiting "outside" the star. Neutron stars are already a conglomeration of particles, including a sizeable fraction electrons that are effectively "squeezed out" of neutrons to have equivalent fermi energies. Any additional charge you add would immediately grab an "orbiting electron" into the existing system.