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The Maximum Mass of Ideal White Dwarfs
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The theory of the polytropic g~is spheres in conjunction with the equation of state of a relativ~stically degenerate electron-gas leads to a unique value for the mass of a star built on this model. This mass (=0.910) is interpreted as representing the upper limit to the mass of an ideal white dwarf
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- Authors
- Chandrasekhar, S.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Publisher
- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 1931-07
- Volume
- 74
- Pages
- 81
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
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- W2606047231
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- en
- Open access
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