Upper mass limit for neutron star stability against black hole formation

Krishan, V. ; Kumar, N. (1978) Upper mass limit for neutron star stability against black hole formation Astrophysics and Space Science, 57 (1). pp. 241-243. ISSN 0004-640X

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Abstract

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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