Their upper mass limit, about 1.44 solar masses, is named for the Indian physicist Chandrasekhar; above it, electron degeneracy pressure fails and they collapse into neutron stars.
These objects can emit surface helium flash as they accrete matter from binary companions. Their upper mass limit, about 1.44 solar masses, is named for the Indian physicist Chandrasekhar; above it, electron degeneracy pressure fails and they collapse into neutron stars. Largely incapable of undergoing fusion, this is, for 10 points, what type of faintly luminous, small stellar remnant, not to be confused with "red" and "brown" stars of the same size?
These objects can emit surface helium flash as they accrete matter from binary companions.
{white dwarf}