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Lives of the Neutron Stars

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

AvM.H. Alpar,Ü. Kizilogammalu,Jan van Paradijs

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As the most compact known observable form of matter, neutron stars offer a fascinating range of problems to astrophysicists. This text offers a collection of reviews of current research on neutron stars, variously observed as radio pulsars, X-ray binaries, gamma-ray sources and sources of thermal X-ray emission. The reviews are meant for an audience of graduate students and scientists in the field, so they combine a tutorial approach with the objectives of a scientific review. The central theme of the book is evolution, stressing the changes of thermal, magnetic and dynamical properties throughout the lives of neutron stars.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1994-12-31
Mått170 x 244 x 37 mm
Vikt1 051 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNato Science Series C:
Antal sidor576
Upplaga1995
FörlagKluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN9780792332466

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1 The Birth of Neutron Stars.- Observations of Supernovae.- The Rate of Supernovae.- On the Pulsar/SNR Associations.- Young Pulsars and Supernova Remnants.- ROSAT HRI Observations of the Crab Pulsar: an Improved Temperature Upper Limit for PSR 0531+2147.- ROSAT Observations of the UnusualSupernova Remnant CTB 80.- 2 The Structure of Neutron Stars and their Thermal, Magnetic and Dynamical Evolution.- The Physics of Neutron Star Crusts.- Neutron Star Atmospheres.- Model Atmospheres of Neutron Stars.- Atomic Motion and Ionizationin Pulsar Atmospheres.- X-Ray Observations of Cooling Neutron Stars.- Neutrino Emission from Dense Matter and Neutron Star Thermal Evolution.- Thermal Evolution of Neutron Stars: Current Status.- On the Optical Emission of Isolated Neutron Stars.- The Evolution of the Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars.- Evolution of the Magnetic Fields and Constraints on theProperties of Neutron Star Interiors.- Radio Pulsar Slowdown.- The Jodrell Bank Timing Program.- Vela Monitoring from HARTRAO.- Models for Pulsar Glitches.- Postglitch Evolution of Pulsars.- Evolution of Pulsars on the P-P Diagram.- Interaction of a Pulsar with Interstellar Matter.- 3 Radio Pulsars.- Radio Pulsars.- Radio Pulsars; an Observational Prospect.- Millisecond Pulsar Searches.- Pulsar Geometrodynamics.- OSSE limits on Pulsar Gamma-Ray Emission.- The Distribution of Pulsars in the Galaxy.- Space Velocities of Pulsars.- 4 X-Ray Binaries ….- X-ray Binaries.- Rapid Variability in X-ray Binaries - Toward a Unified Description.- Hard X-ray Observations of Black-Hole Candidates.- Accretion Disks.- Cyclic Accretion from a Disk onto a Neutron Star Magnetosphere.- The Rapid Burster: A Bizarre X-ray Binary.- A Radiation Hydrodynamic QPO Mechanism.- Comptonization in Spectral Branches of ZSources.- Torque Noise Models for Accretion Powered X-ray Binaries.- Timing of X-ray Pulsars with ART-P/Granat.- SIGMA Observations of Pulsars.- ROSAT Observations of Super-softs and Transients in the Magellanic Clouds.- 1E 1024.0–5732/Wack 2134: The First X-ray Selected Wolf-Rayet Star.- 5 …and their Evolution.- Evolution of Binaries with Neutron Stars.- Spiral-in and Coalescence.- Evaporation of Millisecond Pulsar Companions.- The Birth Rate of Low-mass Binary Pulsars in the Galactic Disk.- 6 Gamma-ray Bursts.- The Gamma-ray Burst Mystery.- Search for Quiescent X Rays from GRB Sources.- 7 Observational Prospects.- The X-ray Timing Explorer: Progress and Science Prospects.- Advances in Detection of Gamma Rays from Neutron Stars.- Summary.- Summary of the Lives of Neutron Stars.- Author Index.- Object Index.