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

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Disciplina: 523.8/874
• Soggetto topico: Pulsars
• Altri autori: TravellePeter A
• 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.AnalysisofthePredicedandObservedValuesoftheChangeoftheOrbitalPeriodsofsomeBynaryPulsars -- 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pulsars
• ISBN: 1-62257-015-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960747603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Space science, exploration and policies series.