A 19-year-old. A notebook. A slow boat across the ocean.
And the math that would define black holes forever.
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A 19-year-old. A notebook. A slow boat across the ocean.
And the math that would define black holes forever.
New Flashcards Friday at Math! Science! History!: Chandrasekhar’s voyage into physics history. sites.libsyn.com/212183/flash...
#MathScienceHistory #BlackHoles #ChandrasekharLimit
The #ChandrasekharLimit is the maximum mass of a white dwarf star, approximately 1.4 times the mass of the Sun.
Beyond this limit, the star's core can no longer support against gravitational collapse, leading to formation of #NeutronStar or #BlackHole.
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The Chandrasekhar limit (1.4 solar masses) determines whether a star ends its life as a smoldering white dwarf, or explodes in a supernova to become a neutron star or black hole.
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