The only known counterexample to this principle was recently provided in the Champagne supernova. Values for it were once calculated by Wilhelm Anderson and Edmund Stoner, in the two years before its namesake put forth the modern formula, which has a term of mu-squared in its denominator. That namesake later worked with Brazilian scientist Mario Schonberg on a similar notion dealing with helium-filled cores. This idea results from viewing relevant stars as gases of non-interacting fermions and, when it is exceeded, electron degeneracy pressure can no longer overcome gravitational pressure. The result is that main sequence stars of more than 8 solar masses become either neutron stars or black holes. FTP, name this upper limit for the mass of a white dwarf named for an Indian guy.
The only known counterexample to this principle was recently provided in the Champagne supernova. Values for it were once calculated by Wilhelm Anderson and Edmund Stoner, in the two years before its namesake put forth the modern formula, which has a term of mu-squared in its denominator. That namesake later worked with Brazilian scientist Mario Schonberg on a similar notion dealing with helium-filled cores. This idea results from viewing relevant stars as gases of non-interacting fermions and, when it is exceeded, electron degeneracy pressure can no longer overcome gravitational pressure. The result is that main sequence stars of more than 8 solar masses become either neutron stars or black holes. FTP, name this upper limit for the mass of a white dwarf named for an Indian guy.
The only known counterexample to this principle was recently provided in the Champagne supernova.
Chandrasekhar limit