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Record Nr.

UNISA996466795503316

Titolo

Physics of Neutron Star Interiors [[electronic resource] /] / edited by D. Blaschke, N.K. Glendenning, A. Sedrakian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2001

ISBN

3-540-44578-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2001.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 516 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 578

Disciplina

523.8/874

Soggetti

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Nuclear physics

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Particle and Nuclear Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Microscopic Theory of the Nuclear Equation of State and Neutron Star Structure -- Superfluidity in Neutron Star Matter -- Relativistic Superfluid 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 and Asymmetric Supernovae -- Spin and Magnetism in Old Neutron Stars -- Neutrino Cooling of Neutron Stars: Medium Effects.

Sommario/riassunto

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.