Degeneracy Pressure
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Due to the Pauli exclusion principle (two fermions cannot occupy the same state), when matter is extremely compressed, a pressure arises that resists further compression. This is the last line of defense for white dwarfs and neutron stars against gravitational collapse.
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The hard-core resistance of individual uniqueness. When collectivism (gravity) tries to crush everyone into a uniform paste, individual uniqueness (exclusion principle) generates enormous degeneracy pressure to resist. The more compression, the stronger the resistance.
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Derived from quantum statistics: when particles are squeezed into a finite number of states and the number of states is insufficient, degeneracy pressure resists further compression; extended to the rebound when a system is over-compressed in representation.
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