The Maximum Mass of Ideal White Dwarfs (original) (raw)

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Abstract

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

Publication:

The Astrophysical Journal

Pub Date:

July 1931

DOI:

10.1086/143324

Bibcode:

1931ApJ....74...81C