The Chandrasekhar Mass Corrected by the Electron-Branch Density Bound

The Chandrasekhar mass is the best-known density-related bound in stellar astrophysics, so it is the natural first place to ask whether a spin-torsion density ceiling changes a stellar limit. This paper recomputes the limiting mass of 1.456 solar masses for a mean molecular weight per electron of two, places finite central densities for near-limit white dwarfs between 1e9 and 1e13 kg per cubic metre against the electron-branch bound of 2.87e+48 g per cubic centimetre, and bounds the resulting shift. At a representative central density of 1e12 kg per cubic metre the fractional correction is 3.48e-40, so the limiting mass moves by at most 5.07e-40 solar masses; even at 1e13 kg per cubic metre the fraction is only 3.48e-39. Composition changes matter far more: an iron composition lowers the standard limit to 1.255 solar masses. The density bound therefore leaves the Chandrasekhar mass unchanged at every quoted precision. Computed from stated assumptions, not measured.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-11-11
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24134003
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Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
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The Chandrasekhar Mass Corrected by the Electron-Branch Density Bound

William Alexander Aldred
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
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The Chandrasekhar Mass Corrected by the Electron-Branch Density Bound

William Alexander Aldred
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The Chandrasekhar mass is the best-known density-related bound in stellar astrophysics, so it is the natural first place to ask whether a spin-torsion density ceiling changes a stellar limit. This paper recomputes the limiting mass of 1.456 solar masses for a mean molecular weight per electron of two, places finite central densities for near-limit white dwarfs between 1e9 and 1e13 kg per cubic metre against the electron-branch bound of 2.87e+48 g per cubic centimetre, and bounds the resulting shift. At a representative central density of 1e12 kg per cubic metre the fractional correction is 3.48e-40, so the limiting mass moves by at most 5.07e-40 solar masses; even at 1e13 kg per cubic metre the fraction is only 3.48e-39. Composition changes matter far more: an iron composition lowers the standard limit to 1.255 solar masses. The density bound therefore leaves the Chandrasekhar mass unchanged at every quoted precision. Computed from stated assumptions, not measured.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
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