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White Dwarf Limit
Chandrasekhar combines quantum statistics with special relativity and identifies an upper mass beyond which a white dwarf cannot remain stable.
Historical place archive
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Chandrasekhar combines quantum statistics with special relativity and identifies an upper mass beyond which a white dwarf cannot remain stable.
Chandrasekhar develops and publishes relativistic models of degenerate stars that establish a limiting mass for white dwarfs.
Homi Bhabha calculates electron-positron scattering, producing the result later known as Bhabha scattering.
Homi Bhabha and Walter Heitler develop a cascade theory explaining electron and photon showers produced by high-energy cosmic rays.
Jayant Narlikar and Fred Hoyle publish a new Machian theory of gravitation based on direct particle interactions.
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