2013/04/30 by Upasana Das, Banibrata Mukhopadhyay · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Chandrasekhar limit #Field (mathematics) #Flux (metallurgy) #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Limit (mathematics) #Magnetic field #Massive compact halo object #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum mechanics #Stars #White dwarf #astro-ph.HE #astro-ph.SR #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217732314500357
published as MPLA 29, No. 7 (2014) 1450035 · 14 pages including 2 figures; based on the comments/questions from friends, colleagues and critics, triggered by our proposal of significantly super-Chandrasekhar white dwarfs; version to appear in MPLA
arxiv created 2014/03/04 · openalex publication_date 2014/03/07 · arxiv updated 2014/06/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We clarify important physics issues related to the recently established new mass limit for magnetized white dwarfs which is significantly super-Chandrasekhar. The issues include, justification of high magnetic field and the corresponding formation of stable white dwarfs, contribution of the magnetic field to the total density and pressure, flux freezing, variation of magnetic field and related currents therein. We also attempt to address the observational connection of such highly magnetized white dwarfs.