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Publication
date: November 20, 2001
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Blaschke, D., University of Rostock, Germany
Glendenning, N.K., Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Sedrakian, A., Institute de Physique Nucleaire, Orsay, France
Physics of Neutron Star Interiors
2002. XI, 511 pp. Hardcover
3-540-42340-0
Neutron stars are the densest
observable bodies in our universe. Born during the gravitational collapse
of luminous stars - a birth heralded by spectacular supernova explosions
- they open a window on a world where the state of the matter and the strengths
of the fields are anything but ordinary. This book is a collection of pedagogical
lectures on the theory of neutron stars, and especially their interiors,
at the forefront of current research. It addresses graduate students and
researchers alike, and should be particularly suitable as a text bridging
the gap between standard textbook material and the research literature.
Keywords: neutron
stars, dense matter, nuclear matter, x-ray binaries, color superconductivity
Contents: Microscopic Theory of the Nuclear Equation of State and Neutron Star Structure.- Superfluidity in Neutron Star Matter.- Relativistic Superfluidity Models for Rotating Neutron Stars.- The Tensor Virial Method and its Applications to Self-Gravitating Superfluids.- Neutron Star Crusts.- Kaon Condensation in Neutron Stars.- Phases of QCD at High Baryon Density.- Diquarks in Dense Matter.- Color Superconductivity in Compact Stars.- Strange Quark Stars: Structural Properties and Possible Signatures for their Existence.- Phase Diagram for Spinning and Accreting Neutron Stars.- Signal of Quark Deconfinement in Millisecond Pulsars and Reconfinement in Accreting X-ray Neutron Stars.- Supernova Explosions and Neutron Star Formation.- Evolution of a Neutron Star From its Birth to Old Age.- Neutron Star Kicks.- Spin and Magnetism in Old Neutron Stars.- Neutrino Cooling of Neutron Stars: Medium Effects.
Series:
Lecture Notes in Physics.
Last update: 23.10.2001