Overview

Observers and theorists discuss the latest developments in the astrophysics of neutron stars, black holes and their interaction in the universe. Often found in compact, interacting binaries, these objects exhibit broadly similar behaviour. The determination of observational signatures that distinguish between these two types is explored. Supernovae and evolutionary scenarios leading to neutron stars and black holes, single or in binaries, are discussed in detail. There is also a discussion of the mystery of cosmic gamma ray bursts, currently thought to represent enormous stellar explosions at cosmological distances. These could be the result of mergers of a neutron star and its compact binary companion: a literal neutron star-black hole connection. This text provides a series of lectures for the advanced graduate student and presents material that should prove useful to the research astrophysicist and space physicist.

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Author:   Chryssa Kouveliotou ,  J.E Ventura ,  E.P. van den Heuvel
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Volume:   567
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   1.660kg
ISBN:  

9781402002052

ISBN 10:   140200205
Pages:   522
Publication Date:   31 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Radio Pulsars and Neutron Stars.- Radio Pulsars — an Observer’s Perspective.- Neutron Star Birth Rates.- Kinematics of Radio Pulsars.- Superfluid Dynamics and Energy Dissipation in Neutron Stars.- Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars.- 2. The Neutron Star — Black Hole Connection.- Neutron Star and Black Hole Formation.- Coalescence Rates of Compact Objects.- The Final Fate of Coalesing Compact Binaries: From Black Hole to Planet Formation.- 3. Accretion Discs.- Accretion Discs.- Radiatively Inefficient Accretion Discs.- Inner Region of Accretion Flows onto Black Holes.- 4. Neutron stars and Black Holes in Binaries.- Neutron Stars and Black Holes in Binary Systems: Observational Properties.- Formation and Evolution of Neutron Stars and Black Holes in Binary Systems.- Transient Low-Mass X-ray Binaries in Quiescence.- A Comparison of Radio Emission from Neutron Star and Black Hole X-ray Binaries.- Black Hole and Neutron Star Jet Sources.- Bulk-Flow Comptonization and Time Lags due to Comptonization.- GRS 1915+105 as a Black Hole Accretion Disc Laboratory.- Weighing Black Holes with the Largest Optical Telescopes.- Physics of Plasma Outflows.- Timing the Kiloherz Quasi-periodic Oscillations in LMXR Binaries.- Modeling the Time Variability of Black Hole Candidates.- Relativistic Models of kHz QPOs.- Phenomenology of the 35 day Cycle.- Spin-Orbit Coupling in X-ray Binaries.- High Mass Black Holes in Soft X-ray Transients.- 5. Magnetars.- Anomalous X-ray Pulsars.- Astrophysics of the Soft Gamma Repeaters and the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars.- Neutron Star Envelopes and Thermal Radiation from the Magnetic Surface.- 6. Gamma-ray Bursts.- Gamma-ray Bursts: History and Observations.- The Afterglow of Gamma-ray Bursts: Light on the Mystery.- Gamma-ray Bursts and Afterglows: TheFireball Shock Model.- Gamma-ray Bursts from Neutron Stars Spun up in X-ray Binaries.- 7. New Experiments.- The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO).- Author Index.- Object Index.

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