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The Chandrasekhar Mass Limit
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Depends on The Lane-Emden Equation for Polytropes, degenerate-fermi-gas-pressure
Statement
Combining ultrarelativistic degenerate electron pressure with the n=3 polytrope gives a maximum white-dwarf mass ≈ 1.4 M⊙ independent of radius.
Depends on
The Lane-Emden Equation for Polytropes, degenerate-fermi-gas-pressure
Used by
PU-308/L06 PU-308/L07