Chandrasekhar Limit
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The Chandrasekhar Limit, named after Indian-American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, is the maximum mass that a non-rotating star can have while being supported against gravitational collapse by electron degeneracy pressure. This value is approximately 1.44 times the mass of the Sun, though the exact result varies somewhat depending on the nuclear structure and temperature. It is given by Chandrasekhar, eq. (36), eq. (58), eq. (43).
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The Chandrasekhar Limit, named after Indian-American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, is the maximum mass that a non-rotating star can have while being supported against gravitational collapse by electron degeneracy pressure. This value is approximately 1.44 times the mass of the Sun, though the exact result varies somewhat depending on the nuclear structure and temperature. It is given by Chandrasekhar, eq. (36), eq. (58), eq. (43).
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The Chandrasekhar Limit is the maximum mass that a white dwarf can support via electron degeneracy pressure (about 1.4 solar masses); beyond this, it collapses into a neutron star or black hole.
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