AWhat changed
Combined relativistic electron degeneracy with a polytropic stellar model to obtain an upper mass for an ideal white dwarf.
Scientific scope
Combined relativistic electron degeneracy with a polytropic stellar model to obtain an upper mass for an ideal white dwarf. Scope limitation: The two-page paper gives approximately 0.91 solar masses under its stated composition assumption, including a molecular weight of 2.5. Substituting the later familiar numerical value would misrepresent this source. The result concerns the idealized model and compares earlier Stoner estimates; it does not establish the fate of every massive star. The cited original text supports this scoped reading; a local source copy is not distributed. No calculation was replayed.
Evidence
Assessment uses the catalogue-linked source evidence for the stated contribution. The two-page paper gives approximately 0.91 solar masses under its stated composition assumption, including a molecular weight of 2.5. Substituting the later familiar numerical value would misrepresent this source. The result concerns the idealized model and compares earlier Stoner estimates; it does not establish the fate of every massive star. The cited original text supports this scoped reading; a local source copy is not distributed. No calculation was replayed.
Contributors
- S. Chandrasekhar · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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