White Dwarf Limit
Chandrasekhar combines quantum statistics with special relativity and identifies an upper mass beyond which a white dwarf cannot remain stable.
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Biography and Timeline
Follow Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar through 2 dated historical records for India.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, historical timeline
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1930–1931Years on this page
1930
1931
White Dwarf Theory
Chandrasekhar develops and publishes relativistic models of degenerate stars that establish a limiting mass for white dwarfs.
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