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20 years 11 months ago #8084 by Jim
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The production of radio and x-ray radiation seems to be a common link in a lot of these astronomical puzzles. Is it not true that by heating metal the same thing happens? Could the type of radiation observed be generated by hot metal of some kind or other?

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20 years 10 months ago #8107 by Larry Burford
In general x-rays are produced by any interaction that is energetic enough. For example, dust, hydrogen gas/ions, hapless space ships, etc. impacting the surface of a neutron star.

(Does neutronium count as a metal?)

Hot (or high speed) metal will do the trick, but so will hot just-about-anything.

A large asteriod (even one of the non-metlic type) impacting the atmosphere of a planet at high velocity would probably also produce lots of x-rays during the 10 to 20 second transit of that atmosphere. If you are "lucky" enough to see something like this and survive the impact, you will probably die in a few days from radiation burns.

LB

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20 years 10 months ago #8140 by Jim
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The thing is a hot metal will generate x-ray and blackbody or radio and infrared radiation. And the spectrum will reveal what the metal is. Not neutron sci-fy stuff real metal at normal real temperatures.

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