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As we have reviewed in an [[User:Tohline/SSC/Structure/WhiteDwarfs#Chandrasekhar_mass|accompanying discussion]],  
As we have reviewed in an [[User:Tohline/SSC/Structure/WhiteDwarfs#Chandrasekhar_mass|accompanying discussion]],  
[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1935MNRAS..95..207C Chandrasekhar (1935)] was the first to construct models of spherically symmetric stars using the [[User:Tohline/SR#Time-Independent_Problems|barotropic equation of state appropriate for a degenerate electron gas]].  In so doing, he demonstrated that the maximum mass of an isolated, nonrotating white dwarf is <math>M_3 = 1.44 (\mu_e/2)M_\odot</math>, where {{User:Tohline/Math/MP_ElectronMolecularWeight}} is the number of nucleons per electron and, hence, depends on the chemical composition of the white dwarf.  A concise derivation of <math>M_3</math>) is presented in Chapter ''XI'' of [[User:Tohline/Appendix/References#C67|Chandrasekhar (1967)]]
[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1935MNRAS..95..207C Chandrasekhar (1935)] was the first to construct models of spherically symmetric stars using the [[User:Tohline/SR#Time-Independent_Problems|barotropic equation of state appropriate for a degenerate electron gas]].  In so doing, he demonstrated that the maximum mass of an isolated, nonrotating white dwarf is <math>M_3 = 1.44 (\mu_e/2)M_\odot</math>.  A concise derivation of <math>~M_3</math> is presented in Chapter ''XI'' of [[User:Tohline/Appendix/References#C67|Chandrasekhar (1967)]].




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<font color="green">In this Letter we demonstrate that white-dwarf models with masses considerably greater than  <math>~M_3</math> are possible if differential rotation is allowed &hellip; models are based on the physical assumption of an axially symmetric, completely degenerate, self-gravitating fluid, in which the effects of viscosity, magnetic fields, meridional circulation, and relativistic terms in the hydrodynamical equations have been neglected.</font>
<font color="green">In this Letter we demonstrate that white-dwarf models with masses considerably greater than  <math>~M_3</math> are possible if differential rotation is allowed &hellip; models are based on the physical assumption of an axially symmetric, completely degenerate, self-gravitating fluid, in which the effects of viscosity, magnetic fields, meridional circulation, and relativistic terms in the hydrodynamical equations have been neglected.</font>
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=See Also=
=See Also=

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Rotationally Flattened White Dwarfs

Whitworth's (1981) Isothermal Free-Energy Surface
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Introduction

As we have reviewed in an accompanying discussion, Chandrasekhar (1935) was the first to construct models of spherically symmetric stars using the barotropic equation of state appropriate for a degenerate electron gas. In so doing, he demonstrated that the maximum mass of an isolated, nonrotating white dwarf is <math>M_3 = 1.44 (\mu_e/2)M_\odot</math>. A concise derivation of <math>~M_3</math> is presented in Chapter XI of Chandrasekhar (1967).


 

… work by Roxburgh (1965, Z. Astrophys., 62, 134), Anand (1965, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S., 54, 23), and James (1964, ApJ, 140, 552) shows that the [Chandrasekhar (1931, ApJ, 74, 81)] mass limit <math>~M_3</math> is increased by only a few percent when uniform rotation is included in the models, …

In this Letter we demonstrate that white-dwarf models with masses considerably greater than <math>~M_3</math> are possible if differential rotation is allowed … models are based on the physical assumption of an axially symmetric, completely degenerate, self-gravitating fluid, in which the effects of viscosity, magnetic fields, meridional circulation, and relativistic terms in the hydrodynamical equations have been neglected.

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Whitworth's (1981) Isothermal Free-Energy Surface

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