 Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit

The Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff (TOV) limit is a theoretical maximum mass for a stable, cold neutron star. It arises from the principles of general relativity and describes how the structure of compact stars is affected by gravity and the properties of dense matter. The limit is named after physicists Richard Tolman, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and George Volkoff, who worked on this topic in the 1930s.