Re: black hole and special relativity

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

> At 01:11 PM 4/27/01, David Bowman <David_Bowman@GEORGETOWNCOLLEGE.EDU> wrote:
>
> > It is possible to prove a
> > theorem that says that if a spherically symmetric object is stable
> > against gravitational collapse then its radius *must* be strictly greater
> > than 9/8 of the Schwarzschild radius for that mass if it was collapsed to
> > a (Schwarzschild) black hole.
At 16:53 4/27/01 -0700, Glenn responded:

> I'm intrigued.  Do you have a reference for this theorem?
>
> Glenn A. Carlson, P.E.
> gcarlson@mail.win.org

Chandra comes up with a similar number (epsilon = 0.94) when considering
the limiting radius of degeneracy for a 'white dwarf' in
Stellar Structure
Chapter XI 'Degenerate Stellar Configurations'
S Chandrasekhar
UChicago, 1939.


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>  Altus OK
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