Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar1930
Chandrasekhar combines quantum statistics with special relativity and identifies an upper mass beyond which a white dwarf cannot remain stable.
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Chandrasekhar combines quantum statistics with special relativity and identifies an upper mass beyond which a white dwarf cannot remain stable.
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