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The 64 pages that link to White dwarf, each with the reason it gives.

• Stellar evolutionBroader topic: Stars that lose their outer layers without a core-collapse supernova commonly end this way.

• Hydrostatic equilibriumBroader topic: It is a dense example of stellar hydrostatic support with a quantum-mechanical pressure source.

• Pauli exclusion principleBroader topic: Its stability is a macroscopic consequence of electrons obeying exclusion.

• FermionBroader topic: It is a macroscopic consequence of electron exclusion.

• Hertzsprung–Russell diagramBroader topic: Its small emitting surface makes it faint despite its high surface temperature.

• Fermi–Dirac statisticsBroader topic: Its pressure arises from fermions filling states according to exclusion, even at low temperature.

• Gravitational collapseBroader topic: Collapse halts at a white dwarf when electron degeneracy pressure supports the remnant.

• Electron degeneracy pressureBroader topic: It is the clearest astronomical example of a star supported by degenerate electrons.

• Gravitational redshiftBroader topic: Its strong surface gravity produces a measurable redshift in emitted spectral lines.

• Stellar rotationBroader topic: Its rotation reflects angular-momentum evolution through the star’s later life and possible binary interactions.

• StarBroader topic: Most stars end as white dwarfs after shedding their outer layers.

• Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharBroader topic: His early work established a mass limit for these remnants.

• Heat death of the universeBroader topic: White dwarfs are among the long-lived remnants expected after ordinary star formation ends.

• Henry Norris RussellBroader topic: Russell helped establish that some faint, hot stars form a distinct class of stellar objects.

• Degenerate matterBroader topic: It is the clearest astronomical example of electron-degenerate matter.

• Cataclysmic variable starBroader topic: It is the compact accretor at the center of a cataclysmic variable.

• Stellar astronomyBroader topic: White dwarfs are the common endpoint of stars that do not undergo core collapse.

• Particle statisticsBroader topic: Its stability is a macroscopic consequence of electron exclusion.

• SN 1572Broader topic: A white dwarf was the exploding star in the event’s Type Ia interpretation.

• Beehive ClusterBroader topic: White dwarfs in the cluster preserve evidence of stars that have already evolved beyond the main sequence.

• Timeline of the far futureBroader topic: The Sun is expected to end as a white dwarf after shedding its outer layers.