How Large Can a Star Be?

Niall O'Murchadha
Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 2466 – Published 10 November 1986
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Abstract

In a recent article Schoen and Yau develop an inequality which shows that there exists a relationship between the minimum energy density ρ0 in a star and the size R of the star, of the form ρ0R2π6. This article shows that this inequality is valid for two different measures of the size of the star and conjectures that the inequality can be improved to ρ0R23π32.

  • Received 17 June 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.2466

©1986 American Physical Society

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Niall O'Murchadha

  • Physics Department, University College, Cork, Ireland

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Vol. 57, Iss. 19 — 10 November 1986

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