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Electron degeneracy pressure is a consequence of the Pauli exclusion principle, which states that two fermions cannot occupy the same quantum state at the same time. The force provided by this pressure sets a limit on the extent to which matter can be squeezed together without it collapsing into a neutron star or black hole. It is an important factor in stellar physics because it is responsible for the existence of white dwarfs.
When electrons are squeezed too close together, the exclusion principle requires them to have different energy levels. To add another electron to a given volume requires raising an electron's energy level to make room, and this requirement for energy to compress the material appears as a pressure.
Electron degeneracy pressure in a material can be computed as

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where h is Planck's constant, me is the mass of the electron, mp is the mass of the proton, ρ is the density, and μe = Ne / Np is the ratio of electron number to proton number. (When particle energies reach relativistic levels, a modified formula is required.)
This degeneracy pressure is omnipresent and is in addition to the normal gas pressure P = nkT / V. At commonly encountered densities, this pressure is so low that it can be neglected. Matter is electron degenerate when the density (proportional to n / V) is high enough, and the temperature low enough, that the sum is dominated by the degeneracy pressure.

IAYD wrote:

Any chance you guys are going to release physical copies? I would snatch one in a heartbeat!

Andrew Winzenburg wrote:

I'm very much interested in one of those Dreamcasts. Think I could grab one from you on Friday at the show?

Sure thing. any chance you'd be willing to take both and just give one to a friend?
i really need to get this stuff out of here quick. And i dont want to try to make sure things are complete... it's just a matter of.. "grab the entire box of that stuff" lol

i have things sorted into "dreamcast stuff... commodore stuff, playstation stuff.. etc. etc"

I dunno, genres aside I find it difficult to listen to submission after submission done on a Gameboy or NES, the soundchips really aren't that versatile.   Plus the 'mario at a rave' accusations we normally get lumbered with are a bit hard to shake when the basic timbre of a lot of the music is from the same hardware.