The Chandrasekhar limit (/ tʃ ʌ n d r ə ˈ s eɪ k ər /) is the maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star.The currently accepted value of the Chandrasekhar limit is about 1.4 M ☉ (2.765 × 10 30 kg). White dwarfs resist gravitational collapse primarily through electron degeneracy pressure, compared to main sequence stars, which resist collapse through thermal pressure.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar FRS (/ ˌ tʃ æ n d r ə ˈ s eɪ k ɑːr /; Punjabi pronunciation) (19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian-American Theoretical Physicist who spent his professional life in the United States.He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with William A. Fowler for "...theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and …

Oct 15, 2022 · Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, (born October 19, 1910, Lahore, India [now in Pakistan]—died August 21, 1995, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), Indian-born American astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars. …

Chandrasekhar, Chandrashekhar or ... Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–1995), British Indian-American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate in physics, after whom the astrophysics formula Chandrasekhar limit and quantity Chandrasekhar number are named; Tavarekere Kalliah Chandrashekar (born 1956), ...

Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington OM FRS (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour. ...

Aug 21, 2012 · Remembered for his varied contribution to astrophysics, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is perhaps best known for his work on the evolution of massive stars. Today known as Chandrasekhar limit, it contributed to final understanding of supernovas, neutron stars, and black holes. A prolific writer, he also did significant work on energy transfer by ...

In 1931, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar calculated, using special relativity, that a non-rotating body of electron-degenerate matter above a certain limiting mass (now called the Chandrasekhar limit at 1.4 M ☉) has no stable solutions.

Nov 12, 2020 · This very clear mass limit of a white dwarf is known as the Chandrasekhar Limit, named after Indian-American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar who calculated it in 1930. How, then, can a ...

The energy is taken from the rotation of the black hole, so there is a limit on how much energy one can extract by Penrose process and similar strategies (for an uncharged black hole no more than 29% of its original mass; ... Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1999).

Oct 27, 2022 · For more than 30 years, she worked with legendary astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subramanyan Chadrasekhar, who is most famous for discovering the eponymous Chandrasekhar limit.