This book is a collections of scientific papers by S. Chandraekhar.
MonthlyPreface
Part One - The Theory of White Dwarf Stars
1. The Compton Scattering and the New Statistics
Proceedings of the Royal Society, A, 125 (1929): 231-37
2. The Ionization-Formula and the New Statistics
Philosophical Magazine 9 (February 1930): 292-99
3. The Density of White Dwarf Stars
Philosophical Magazine 11 (suppl., February 1931): 592-96
4. The Maximum Mass of Ideal White Dwarfs
The Astrophysical Journal 74, no. 1 (1931): 81-82
5. The Disassociation Formula According to the Relativistic Statistics
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 91, no. 5 (1931): 446-55
6. The Highly Collapsed Configurations of a Stellar Mass
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 91, no. 5 (1931): 456-66
7. The Stellar Coefficients of Absorption and Opacity
Proceedings of the Royal Society, A, 133 (1931): 241-54
8. Some Remarks on the State of Matter in the Interior of Stars
Zeitschrift für Astrophysik 5, no. 5 (1932): 321-27
9. The Physical State of Matter in the Interior of Stars
The Observatory 57, no. 718 (1934): 93-99
10. Stellar Configurations with Degenerate Cores
The Observatory 57, no. 727 (1934): 373-77
11. The Highly Collapsed Configurations of a Stellar Mass (Second Paper)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 95, no. 3 (1935): 207-25
12. Stellar Configurations with Degenerate Cores
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 95, no. 3 (1935): 226-60
13. Discussion of Papers 11 and 12, A. S. Eddington and E. A. Monthly
The Observatory 58, no. 729 (1935): 37-39, 52
14. Stellar Configurations with Degenerate Cores (Second Paper)
Monthy Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 95, no. 8 (1935): 676-93
15. Relativistic Degeneracy, with Chr. Moller
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 95, no. 8 (1935): 673-76
16. Production of Electron Pairs and the Theory of Stellar Structure, with L. Rosenfeld
Nature 135 (June 15, 1935): 999
17. The White Dwarfs and Their Importance for Theories of Stellar Evolution
Conférences du Collége de France, Colloque International d'Astrophysique, 17-23 Juillet 1939 (Paris: Hermann, 1941)
18. Partially Degenerate Stellar Configurations
The Astrophysical Journal 86, no. 5 (1937): 623-25
19. Ralph Howard Fowler, 1889-1944
The Astrophysical Journal 101, no. 1 (1945): 1-5
Part Two - The Equilibrium of Distorted Polytropes
20. The Equilibrium of Distorted Polytropes: 1, The Rotational Problem
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 93, no. 5 (1933): 390-405
21. The Equilibrium of Distorted Polytropes: 2, The Tidal Problem
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 93, no. 6 (1933): 449-61
22. The Equilibrium of Distorted Polytropes: 3, The Double-Star Problem
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 93, no. 6 (1933): 462-71
23. The Equilibrium of Distorted Polytropes: 4, The Rotational and the Tidal Distortions as Functions of the Density Distribution
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 93, no. 8 (1933): 539-74
24. Discussion of Papers 20-23, E. A. Milne, H. N. Russell, and A. S. Eddington
The Observatory 56, no. 710 (1933): 215-19
25. A Note on the Perturbation Theory for Distorted Stellar Configurations, with Wasley Krogdahl
The Astrophysical Journal 96, no. 1 (1942): 151-54
Part Three - Stellar Evolution
26. Stellar Models with Isothermal Cores, with Louis R. Henrich
The Astrophysical Journal 94, no. 3 (1941): 525-36
27. On the Evolution of the Main-Sequence Stars, with M. Shönberg
The Astrophysical Journal 96, no. 2 (1942): 161-72
28. An Attempt to Interpret the Relative Abundances of the Elements and their Isotopes, with Louis R. Henrich
The Astrophysical Journal 95, no. 2 (1942): 288-98
29. The Cosmological Constants
Nature 139 (1937): 757-58
Part Four - Integral Theorems on the Equilibrium of a Star
30. On the Maximum Possible Central Radiation Pressure in a Star of a Given Mass
The Observatory 59, no. 741 (1936): 47-48
31. The Pressure in the Interior of a Star
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 96, no. 7 (1936): 644-47
32. The Pressure in the Interior of a Star
The Astrophysical Journal 85, no. 5 (1937): 372-79
33. The Opacity in the Interior of a Star
The Astrophysical Journal 86, no. 1 (1937): 78-83
34. An Integral Theorem on the Equilibrium of a Star
The Astrophysical Journal 87, no. 5 (1938): 535-52
35. The Minimum Central Temperature of a Gaseous Star
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 99, no. 8 (1939): 673-85
36. The Internal Constitution of the Stars
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 81, no. 2 (1939): 153-87
Part Five - Theory of Stellar Atmospheres
37. Model Stellar Photospheres
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 92, no. 3 (1932): 186-95
38. The Solar Chromosphere
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 94, no. 1 (1933): 14-35
39. The Radiative Equilibrium of Extended Stellar Atmospheres
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 94, no. 5 (1934): 444-58
40. On the Effective Temperatures of Extended Photospheres
Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 31, pt. 3 (1935): 390-93
41. The Radiative Equilibrium of the Outer Layers of a Star with Special Reference to the Blanketing Effect of the Reversing Layer
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astromical Society 96, no. 1 (1935): 21-42
42. The Radiative Equilibrium of a Planetary Nebula
Zeitschrift für Astrophysik 9, no. 4 (1935): 266-89
43. The Monthly Emission in Planetary Nebulae
Zeitschrift für Astrophysik 10, no. 1 (1935): 36-39
44. Ionization and Recombination in the Theory of Stellar Absorption Lines and Nebular Luminosity
The Astrophysical Journal 87, no. 4 (1938): 476-95