Multiple Choice
What is the Eddington limit for any object?
A) The mass beyond which the gravitational force on an accretion disk overcomes the rotational motion due to conservation of angular momentum
B) The speed of light
C) The maximum pressure that the electrons,nuclei,and photons in the object can withstand before the object collapses into a black hole
D) The luminosity beyond which the outward force due to radiation pressure on matter exceeds the inward force due to gravity
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