What is the Chandrasekhar limit for White Dwarf Stars?

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This video provides a simplified step by step derivation of the Chandrasekhar limit for White Dwarf stars. After briefly discussing the history of white dwarf stars, an overview of electron degeneracy pressure is provided. Using a combination of quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of special relativity, the Chandrasekhar mass is derived. The video ends with a discussion of the conflict between Chandrasekhar and Eddington. References: Gravity from the ground up - Schutz The Quantum Universe - Cox and Forshaw Black Holes and Time Warps - Kip Thorne Introduction to Quantum Mechanics - Griffiths and Schroeter Introduction to Quantum Mechanics - Phillips Astrophysics in a Nutshell - Maoz The Planck Mass and the Chandrasekhar limit - Garfinkle Chandrasekhar vs Eddington - an unanticipated confrontation (https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/35/10/33/433732/Chandrasekhar-vs-Eddington-an-unanticipated) Chandrasekhar limit: an elementary approach based on classical physics and quantum theory - Pinochet and Van Sint Jan (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-9120/51/3/035007) The Physics of electron degenerate matter in white dwarf stars - Ganapathy (https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5320&context=masters_theses) https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/schwartz/files/15-stars.pdf https://www.astro.princeton.edu/~burrows/classes/403/white.dwarfs.pdf https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5320&context=masters_theses The Chandrasekhar Limit - A simplified approach (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6552/acdbb0/meta) You can help support this channel via the Physics Explained Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/physicsexplained You can follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physics_explained_ig You can follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhysicsExplain1 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6552/acdbb0/meta