Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, based on 2 World History Database records associated with India.

2 records1930–19312 events1 places

Chronological biography

1930

White Dwarf Limit1930

Science / Astronomy · Astrophysicist · Cambridge

Chandrasekhar combines quantum statistics with special relativity and identifies an upper mass beyond which a white dwarf cannot remain stable.

1931

White Dwarf Theory1931

Science / Physics · Physicist · Cambridge

Chandrasekhar develops and publishes relativistic models of degenerate stars that establish a limiting mass for white dwarfs.

Titles and roles

Astrophysicist · Physicist

Record provenance

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