Chandrasekhar limit
noun
Chan·dra·se·khar limit
ˌchəndrəˈshā(ˌ)kär-
: the maximum mass at which a star near the end of its life cycle can become a white dwarf and above which the star will collapse to form a neutron star or black hole : a stellar mass equal to about 1.4 solar masses
Word History
Etymology
after Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar †1995 American (Indian-born) physicist