Here is another interesting link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_binary White dwarf are in fact quite faint and the radiation is normally attributed to left over energy from gravitational collapse. X-ray stars are much brighter at X-ray wavelengths than optical wavelengths. Xray stars as mentioned in the above link and acquire matter from a companion star. The x-rays are thought to be generated when that matter falls in towards the white dwarf star, it is thought to radiate from the accretion disc. There is something else I'm wondering about though: If white dwarfs are made of degenerated matter their plasma frequency will be quite high in the 10s keV range. This would mean that the matter is only transparent to light with frequencies higher than the plasma frequency. This would be in the X-ray region. Below this frequency the light will not propagate and instead be evanescent an perhaps lead to bulk plasmon effects in the material. Only on the surface of the white dwarf above the degenerate layer would UV, optical and lower frequencies be emitted. I wonder if this has a part to play in X ray emissions from white dwarfs.
From: stephen_coo...@hotmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 14:39:25 +0200 Subject: [Vo]:UDH, UDD, degenerate matter and white dwarf stars If UDD and UDH is actually equivalent to electron degenerate matter it might be similar to the materials proposed to form white dwarf stars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_matter White dwarfs are thought to no longer have fusion and associated radiation pressure to prevent collapse but instead rely on pressure from degenerate electrons to support their volume and stop them collapsing further. I wonder if the type of reactions seen by Holmlid could occur in white dwarfs. If so is there a characteristic signature that we could expect to see from white dwarfs? White dwarfs are known to emit X-rays for example in some cases for example when they are young or when they absorb material from another binary star leading to Nova. Could the signature of these emissions indicate some kind of LENR? Could characteristic emissions associated with Kaon or pion decay be observed? Could characteristic emissions from charged particles such as pions, muons or kaons in a magnetic field be observed? Charactersitic emissions of short lived particles could be an interesting signature to try to explain.
