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KindShowingImportancePrizesTopicMinimum Neutron Star Mass1 result

The minimum possible mass of neutron stars: theoretical lower limits on gravitational/baryonic mass, whether sub-solar (~0.1-1.0 solar mass) neutron stars can be produced by any formation channel (supernova, binary accretion, mergers), and arguments against their existence. Claims that a specific observed or hypothesized compact object is unusually low-mass, or that standard formation channels can

Conventional supernova mechanisms cannot readily produce neutron stars with masses well below one solar mass
UnassessedNo current assessment. Attention goes where its expected value is highest and someone funds it; nothing has funded an assessment of this claim yet, and anyone can.constitution →empirical · derivedA factual claim that rests on inference from other evidence rather than direct observation.constitution →Core-Collapse Supernova Mechanismsimportance · minorImportance 0.25, from 0 to 1 · minor: narrow or largely settled, cheap to get right. Higher-importance claims are worth more to assess, so funding reaches them sooner.constitution →

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