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The Chandrasekhar Mass Limit

D-335 Home PU-308 Threads matter · chance · force · energy 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