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As the up-down asymmetry was reduced to the existence of a gravitational potential — and not an asymmetry of space itself — so the past-future asymmetry would reduce to the time potential — and not an asymmetry of time itself . Since the white dwarf is very dense , the gravitational potential energy is enormous , and it is converted into X-rays during the accretion process .