Upper mass limit for neutron star stability against black hole formation


Autoria(s): Krishan, V; Kumar, N
Data(s)

1978

Resumo

Starting from the exact general relativistic expression for the total energy of selfgravitating spherically distributed matter and using the minimum energy priciple, we calculate the upper mass limit for a neutron star to be 3.1 solar masses.

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http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/33497/1/mass.pdf

Krishan, V and Kumar, N (1978) Upper mass limit for neutron star stability against black hole formation. In: Astrophysics and Space Science, 57 (1). 241-243 .

Publicador

Springer

Relação

http://www.springerlink.com/content/q6643516702g321g/

http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/33497/

Palavras-Chave #Physics
Tipo

Journal Article

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