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Astronomy · L4 · White Dwarfs: Degeneracy Pressure & the Chandrasekhar Limit
Why electron degeneracy pressure, not thermal pressure, supports white dwarfs, the inverse mass-radius relation, and the Chandrasekhar limit.
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