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Input (English): This is the controlling parameter in a cataclysmic variable binary, in which material is lost by a body with weakly bound outer layers, like a red giant. Analogous to a similar quantity named for Oppenheimer, Tollman, and Volkoff that applies to neutron-degenerate spheres, this quantity is derived by balancing self-gravitation with the degeneracy pressure from electrons. Planetary nebula formation is one means by which stable stars can be formed from bodies initially above this, a condition which usually results in nova, since this is the maximum mass at which a white dwarf will not gravitationally collapse. For 10 points, name this cut-off equal to about 1.44 solar masses that is named for an Indian-American physicist.
Output (English): Science