What Is the Relationship Between Neutron Stars and the Chandrasekhar

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Multiple Choice

What is the relationship between neutron stars and the Chandrasekhar limit?

• A) The Chandrasekhar limit is an upper-mass limit for the stability of any massive system;it applies to any system,no matter how it was formed,including neutron stars.
• B) The Chandrasekhar limit applies only to systems stabilized by degenerate electrons;neutron stars are stabilized by the pressure of the neutron degeneracy.
• C) The Chandrasekhar limit applies specifically to the neutron degeneracy and thus to neutron stars.
• D) The Chandrasekhar limit applies to radius,not mass.Thus,as long as a neutron star is big enough,it will not be affected by the Chandrasekhar limit.

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