Research Catalog

Title

The lives of the neutron stars / edited by M.A. Alpar, Ü. Kızıloğlu, and J. van Paradijs.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• Alpar, M. A.
• Kızıloğlu, Ü.
• Paradijs, J. van.
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.
• NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Lives of the Neutron Stars (1993 : Kemer, Kemer Bucağı, Antalya İli, Turkey)

Description

xvi, 576 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

NATO ASI series. Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences ; vol. 450

Uniform Title

NATO ASI series. Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences ; no. 450.

Subjects

• Neutron stars > Congresses
• X-ray binaries > Congresses

Note

• "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Lives of the Neutron Stars, Kemer, Turkey, August 29-September 12, 1993"--T.p. verso.
• "Published in cooperation with the NATO Scientific Affairs Division."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• Observations of Supernovae / B. Leibundgut -- The Rate of Supernovae / R. G. Strom -- On the Pulsar/SNR Associations / P. A. Caraveo -- Young Pulsars and Supernova Remnants / A. O. Allakhverdiyev, F. Gok, O. H. Huseyinov, E. Tuncer and H. B. Ogelman -- ROSAT HRI Observations of the Crab Pulsar: an Improved Temperature Upper Limit for PSR 0531+21 / W. Becker and B. Aschenbach -- ROSAT Observations of the Unusual Supernova Remnant CTB 80 / S. Safi-Harb and H. B. Ogelman -- The Physics of Neutron Star Crusts / C. J. Pethick and D. G. Ravenhall -- Neutron Star Atmospheres / G. G. Pavlov, Yu. A. Shibanov, V. E. Zavlin and R. D. Meyer -- Model Atmospheres of Neutron Stars / Yu. A. Shibanov, V. E. Zavlin, G. G. Pavlov and J. Ventura -- Atomic Motion and Ionization in Pulsar Atmospheres / J. Ventura, H. Herold and N. Kopidakis -- X-Ray Observations of Cooling Neutron Stars / H. B. Ogelman -- Neutrino Emission from Dense Matter and Neutron Star Thermal Evolution / C. J. Pethick and V. Thorsson.
• Thermal Evolution of Neutron Stars: Current Status / S. Tsuruta -- On the Optical Emission of Isolated Neutron Stars / P. A. Caraveo, G. F. Bignami, S. Mereghetti and R. Mignami -- The Evolution of the Magnetic Fields of Neutron Stars / D. Bhattacharya -- Evolution of the Magnetic Fields and Constraints on the Properties of Neutron Star Interiors / V. A. Urpin -- Radio Pulsar Slowdown / A. G. Lyne -- The Jodrell Bank Timing Program / S. L. Shemar -- Vela Monitoring from HARTRAO / C. S. Flanagan -- Models for Pulsar Glitches / M. A. Alpar -- Postglitch Evolution of Pulsars / H. F. Chau -- Evolution of Pulsars on the P-P Diagram / I. M. Yusifov, M. A. Alpar, F. Gok and O. H. Huseyinov -- Interaction of a Pulsar with Interstellar Matter / Ya. N. Istomin -- Radio Pulsars / A. G. Lyne -- Radio Pulsars; an Observational Prospect / D. J. Nice -- Millisecond Pulsar Searches / F. Camilo -- Pulsar Geometrodynamics / A. A. Da Costa -- OSSE limits on Pulsar Gamma-Ray Emission / M. P. Ulmer and P. C. Schroeder.
• The Distribution of Pulsars in the Galaxy / F. Gok, M. A. Alpar, O. H. Huseyinov and U. Kiziloglu -- Space Velocities of Pulsars / O. Demircan, I. Ergun, F. Gok, O. H. Huseyinov and S. Selam -- X-ray Binaries / J. van Paradijs -- Rapid Variability in X-ray Binaries - Toward a Unified Description / M. van der Klis -- Hard X-ray Observations of Black-Hole Candidates / M. Gilfanov, E. Churazov, R. Sunyaev, A. Vikhlinin, A. Finoguenov, A. Sitdikov, A. Dyachkov, N. Khavenson, P. Laurent, J. Ballet, A. Claret, A. Goldwurm, J. P. Roques, P. Mandrou, M. Niel and G. Vedrenne -- Accretion Disks / H. C. Spruit -- Cyclic Accretion from a Disk onto a Neutron Star Magnetosphere / H. C. Spruit -- The Rapid Burster: A Bizarre X-ray Binary / L. M. Lubin -- A Radiation Hydrodynamic QPO Mechanism / G. S. Miller and M. Park -- Comptonization in Spectral Branches of Z Sources / N. S. Schulz and R. A. M. J. Wijers -- Torque Noise Models for Accretion Powered X-ray Binaries / A. Baykal and H. B. Ogelman.
• Timing of X-ray Pulsars with ART-P/Granat / A. Lutovinov, S. Grebenev, R. Sunyaev and M. Pavlinsky -- SIGMA Observations of Pulsars / P. Laurent -- ROSAT Observations of Super-softs and Transients in the Magellanic Clouds / P. Kahabka -- 1E 1024.0-5732/Wack 2134: The First X-ray Selected Wolf-Rayet Star / T. Belloni and S. Mereghetti -- Evolution of Binaries with Neutron Stars / E. P. J. van den Heuvel -- Spiral-in and Coalescence / E. Ergma -- Evaporation of Millisecond Pulsar Companions / J. Shaham -- The Birth Rate of Low-mass Binary Pulsars in the Galactic Disk / D. R. Lorimer -- The Gamma-ray Burst Mystery / D. Hartmann -- Search for Quiescent X Rays from GRB Sources / J. Greiner, M. Boer, P. Kahabka, C. Motch and W. Voges -- The X-ray Timing Explorer: Progress and Science Prospects / J. H. Swank, K. Jahoda, W. Zhang, A. B. Giles, F. M. Marshall, H. V. Bradt, A. M. Levine, E. H. Morgan, R. A. Remillard, R. E. Rothschild, D. E. Gruber, P. L. Hink and M. R. Pelling.
• Advances in Detection of Gamma Rays from Neutron Stars / O. T. Tumer, D. Bhattacharya, T. J. O'Neill, R. S. White and A. D. Zych -- Summary of the Lives of Neutron Stars / E. P. J. van den Heuvel.

ISBN

0792332466 (acid-free)

LCCN

94040636

OCLC

• 31410679
• ocm31410679

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries