Feryal Özel

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1. When was Feryal Özel born?1975
2. Where was Feryal Özel born?Istanbul, Turkey
3. What is the career?Astrophysicist and Professor at the University of Arizona, specializing in compact objects
4. What is the related topics?Supernovae, black holes, general relativity, nuclear physics, gravitational wave astronomy
5. Who is Feryal Özel?Feryal Özel is a scientist who studies very dense stars called neutron stars and black holes. She was born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1975. She is a professor who helps us understand the universe.
6. What are neutron stars?Neutron stars are tiny, super dense stars that come from exploded massive stars. They have more mass than the Sun but fit inside a ball about 20 kilometers wide. They let scientists learn about matter under extreme pressure.

Equation of State (EoS): A physical relationship describing how pressure, temperature, and density of matter are related under extreme conditions.
Gravitational Waves: Ripples in spacetime caused by massive cosmic events, such as the merger of black holes or neutron stars.
Tidal Deformability: A measure of how much an object is stretched or distorted by the gravitational pull of another object.