Back عدد تشاندراسخار Arabic Nombre de Chandrasekhar Catalan Αριθμός Τσαντρασεκάρ Greek Número de Chandrasekhar Spanish عدد چاندراسکار Persian चन्द्रशेखर संख्या Hindi チャンドラセカール数 Japanese Число Чандрасекара Russian Chandrasekhar sayısı Turkish
The Chandrasekhar number is a dimensionless quantity used in magnetic convection to represent ratio of the Lorentz force to the viscosity. It is named after the Indian astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
The number's main function is as a measure of the magnetic field, being proportional to the square of a characteristic magnetic field in a system.