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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960747603321

Titolo

Pulsars : discoveries, functions, and formation / / Peter A. Travelle, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2011

ISBN

1-62257-015-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Space science, exploration and policies

Altri autori (Persone)

TravellePeter A

Disciplina

523.8/874

Soggetti

Pulsars

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- PULSARS  DISCOVERIES, FUNCTIONS  AND FORMATION -- PULSARS  DISCOVERIES, FUNCTIONS  AND FORMATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- NATAL PULSAR KICKS FROM BACK REACTION OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 1.1.AstrophysicalHintsatGWs-drivenSpinningNSs -- 2.PulsarSurveysandImplicationsforViableKickMechanisms -- 3.GravitationalWavesinEinstein'sGeneralRelativity -- 4.GravitationalWavesfromr-modesofRapidlyRotatingNSs -- 4.1.SupernovaPhysicsandJust-BornNSs -- 4.2.Ther-modesInstability -- 5.Non-linearEvolutionofr-modesandGWsPower -- 6.r-modeRadiationReactionandPulsarKicks -- 6.1.RRFofr-modes:Mass-CurrentMultipoles -- 6.2.Funnelingofther-modesGWsEmission -- 7.PulsarKicks -- 7.1.RecoilVelocity -- 7.2.NatalPulsarPeriodsandGWsDampingTimescale -- 8.Conclusions -- 9.Appendix:MechanismsofSymmetryBreakinginNeutronStars -- 9.1.SecularandDynamicalInstabilityofRotatingNSsinNewtonianGravity -- 9.2.GeneralRelativisticSpontaneousSymmetryBreaking -- Acknowledgments -- References -- CHANGES OF THE ORBITAL PERIODS OF THE BINARY PULSARS -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.ChangeoftheGravitationalPotentialintheUniverseandtheHubbleRedShift -- 3.DeformationoftheOrbitsandIncreasingoftheOrbitalPeriodsofanyBinaries -- 4.AnalysisofthePredicedandObservedValuesoftheChangeoftheOrbitalPerio



dsofsomeBynaryPulsars -- 5.MeasurementsoftheDistances,Times,andVelocities -- 6.IncreasingoftheDistancetotheMoon,LunarOrbitalPeriod,andtheLengthofDay -- 7.Conclusion -- References -- PULSAR DISTANCES AND THE ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION IN THE GALAXY -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.ElectronDistributionintheGalaxy -- 3.Progenitors,StarFormationRegions,LuminosityandSpaceVelocities -- 3.1.ProgenitorsofPulsarsandStarFormationRegions -- 3.2.TheRadioLuminosityofPulsars -- 3.3.SpaceVelocityofPulsars -- 3.4.DeviationofStarFormationRegionsfromtheGalacticPlane.

4.PreparingthePulsarDistanceSample -- 5.DispersionMeasure-DistanceRelations -- 6.Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- A LINK BETWEEN THE TYPICAL RADIO PULSARS AND MAGNETARS: MAGNETIC FIELD EVOLUTION THROUGH PULSAR GLITCHES -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.LongTermEvolutionofPulsarsCausedbyGlitches -- 3.Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- NEUTRINOSPHERES, RESONANT NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS, AND PULSAR KICKS -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.StellarCollapse,ProtoneutronStars,andNeutrinospheres -- 3.MomentumFlux -- 4.NeutrinoOscillationsinaMagnetizedMedium -- 5.NeutrinoMomentumAsymmetry -- 6.SphericalEddingtonModel -- 7.Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- RADIATION OF THE GRAVITATIONAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC BINARY PULSARS -- Abstract -- 1.PulsarsinGeneral -- 2.TheQuantumGravityEnergyLoosofaBinarySystem -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.TheSourceTheoryFormulationoftheProblem -- 2.3.ThePowerSpectralFormulainGeneral -- 2.4.ThePowerSpectralFormulafortheBinarySystem -- 2.5.TheQuantumEnergyLossoftheBinary -- 3.ThePowerSpectalFormulaIvolvingRadiativeCorrections -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.TheBinaryPowerSpectrumwithRadiativeCorrections -- 4.ElectromagneticPulsar -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.FormulationoftheElectromagneticProblem -- 4.3.TheRadiationofTwoOppositeCharges -- 5.TheTwoCenterCircularMotions -- 6.SummaryandDiscussion -- References -- PARTICLE ACCELERATION IN PULSAR OUTER MAGNETOSPHERES: ELECTRODYNAMICS AND HIGH-ENERGY EMISSIONS -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.TraditionalOuter-gapModel -- 3.1-DimensionalAnalysisofGapElectrodynamics -- 3.1.ParticleBoltzmannEquations -- 3.2.Gamma-rayBoltzmannEquations -- 3.3.BoundaryConditions -- 3.4.Mono-energeticApproximation:AccelerationElectricField -- 3.5.Mono-energeticApproximation:GapPositionvs.InjectedCurrent -- 3.5.1.ParticleContinuityEquations -- 3.5.2.RealChargeDensityintheGap.

3.5.3.GapPositionvs.ParticleInjection -- 3.6.EnergyDependenceofParticleDistributionFunctions -- 4.2-DimensionalAnalysisofGapElectrodynamics -- 4.1.PoissonEquation -- 4.2.ParticleBoltzmannEquations -- 4.3.Gamma-rayBoltzmannEquations -- 4.4.BoundaryConditions -- 4.5.ApplicationtotheCrabPulsar -- 4.5.1.Sub-GJSolution -- 4.5.2.Super-GJSolution -- 5.Discussion -- 5.1.StabilityoftheGap -- 5.2.ComparisonwithPolar-SlotGapModel -- References -- ACCRETION-DRIVEN MILLISECOND X-RAY PULSARS -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.SAXJ1808.4-3658 -- 2.1.TheSeptember1996Outburst -- 2.2.TheApril1998Outburst -- 2.3.TheJanuary2000Outburst -- 2.4.TheOctober2002Outburst -- 2.4.1.TheX-rayLightCurve -- 2.4.2.TheX-rayBurstsandtheBurstOscillations -- 2.4.3.ThekHzQPOs -- 2.4.4.TheLow-FrequencyQPOs -- 2.4.5.TheViolent1HzFlaring -- 2.4.6.ThePulsations -- 2.4.7.



ObservationsatOtherWavelengths -- 2.5.SAXJ1808.4-3658inQuiescence -- 3.XTEJ1751-305 -- 3.1.The2002Outburst -- 3.2.XTEJ1751-305inQuiescence -- 4.XTEJ0929-314 -- 4.1.The2002Outburst -- 4.2.XTEJ0929-314inQuiescence -- 5.XTEJ1807-294 -- 6.XTEJ1814-338 -- 7.IGRJ00291+5934 -- 8.TheoreticalWork -- 9.Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

A pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star that has a mechanism to beam light. This mechanism is only partially understood, but is connected with very strong magnetic fields spinning with the star. This book presents and discusses current research in the study of pulsars, including changes in the orbital periods of binary pulsars; pulsar distances and the electron distribution in the galaxy; magnetic field evolution through pulsar glitches; natal pulsar kicks; particle acceleration in pulsar outer magnetospheres and accretion-driven millisecond x-ray pulsars.