A gas in which either free electrons or free neutrons are as densely spaced as allowed by laws of quantum mechanics. Such a gas has extraordinarily high density, and its pressure is not dependent on temperature, as it is in an ordinary gas. Degenerate electron gas provides the pressure that supports white dwarfs against collapse, and degenerate neutron gas similarly supports neutron stars.
Very high-density, high-temperature condition of matter (different from the perfect-gas condition) in which the electrons or nucleons are restricted in that the lower energy states are all occupied and the pressure of the degenerate gas does not depend on its temperature.
A gas which is so dense that its particles occupy all physically possible positions and energies, and exert forces on each other which cause the gas to behave like a liquid, or a solid, with a temperature of absolute zero. Usually used as a suffix with the name of the particles which are degenerate, as in an electron-degenerate gas, or a neutron-degenerate gas.
a gas in which the concentration of particles is sufficiently high for classical distribution statistics (Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics) not to hold, with the behavior of the gas controlled by quantum statistics (e
A gas in which the allowable states for the electrons have been filled; it behaves according to different laws from those that apply to "perfect" gases and resists further compression.
super-compressed gas that behaves more like a solid and whose properties must be described by quantum mechanics. The pressure of degenerate gas does not depend on the temperature.
A degenerate gas is one that is super-compressed and very dense. The molecules of this degenerate gas are virtually touching one another and the gas acts much like a solid. Unlike gases under normal conditions, the temperature in a degenerate gas does not depend on the pressure. These gases follow quantum mechanical laws.