 Electron degeneracy pressure (source code)

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= Electron degeneracy pressure
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Electron degeneracy pressure supports dense objects when electrons fill momentum states up to a Fermi surface. In the nonrelativistic limit, a fixed-mass self-gravitating object has the characteristic degenerate scaling $R\propto M^{-1/3}$.

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