High-energy astrophysics : American and Soviet perspectives : proceedings from the U.S.-USSR Workshop on High-Energy Astrophysics, June 18-July 1, 1989 / / edited by Walter H.G. Lewin, George W. Clark, Rashid A. Sunyaev with Kathleen Kearney Trivers, David M. Abramson ; [sponsored by] Academy of Sciences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1991
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (423 p.)
• Disciplina: 523.01/9
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear astrophysics
• Altri autori: LewinWalter H. G ClarkGeorge W SiuniaevR. A (Rashid Alievich) TriversKathleen Kearney AbramsonDavid M
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: High-Energy Astrophysics -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Contents -- Instabilities In Sn1987A And Other Supernovae -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NICKEL BUBBLE -- THE LIGHT CURVE -- NONSPHERICAL MODELS -- SNIB AND DIFFUSION MASSES -- REFERENCES -- On The Evolution Of Pulsars -- REFERENCES -- The Spin Down Of The Radio Pulsars. Braking Index -- REFERENCES -- Axially Symmetrical Supernova Remnants -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SN 1006 AND G296.5 + 10.0 ARE TWO BEST EXAMPLES OF BARREL-LIKE SNRS -- NUMERICAL SCHEME AND INITIAL CONDITIONS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Neutron Starquake Model For Gamma-Ray Bursts -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GAMMA RAY BURSTS FROM OLD NEUTRON STARS -- STRUCTURE OF YOUNG NEUTRON STAR CRUSTS -- SLOW ACCRETION AND CRUSTAL LOADING -- ELASTIC RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY AND STARQUAKES -- SEISMIC WAVES -- MAGNETOSPHERIC ALFVEN WAVES -- EMISSION OF GAMMA RAYS -- OBSERVATIONAL IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Shock Breakout In SN1987A Modelled With The Time-Dependent Radiative Transfer -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- Manifestations Of Dynamo Driven Large-Scale Magnetic Field In Accretion Disks Of Compact Objects -- ABSTRACT -- BIMODAL ACCRETION ON CYGNUS X-1 -- ASYMMETRIC DISK ACCRETION ONTO MAGNETIZED ROTATING COMPACT STARS -- REFERENCES -- Turbulization Of Shear Flows In Astrophysics -- INTRODUCTION -- LINEAR THEORY OF PERTURBATION -- QUALITATIVE SCENARIO OF TURBULIZATION -- REFERENCES -- Regular Variability Of The Shape Of The Primary Minimum Of The Orbital Light Curve Of Ss 433 With The Phase Of The… -- Chaotic Inflationary Universe And The Anisotropy Of The Large-Scale Structure -- INTRODUCTION -- FLUCTUATIONS ON THE INHOMOGENEOUS BACKGROUND -- PRIMORDIAL FLUCTUATIONS SPECTRUM -- CHAOTIC INFLATION -- ANISOTROPY OF THE LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ; REFERENCES -- The Cyclotron Absorption Line And Eclipse Transition Phenomena Of 4u 1538-52 -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- Radio Telescopes As The Detectors Of Super-High-Energy Neutrinos -- REFERENCES -- Optical Observations Of Active Galactic Nuclei -- ABSTRACT -- BASIC OBSERVATIONS AND THE STANDARD MODEL -- COMPLICATIONS TO THE STANDARD MODEL -- SPATIALLY VARIABLE IONIZATION PARAMETER -- Ultra-High And Intermediate Densities -- Anisotropic Ionizing Radiation -- LOW-LUMINOSITY SEYFERT 1 NUCLEI -- Searching For Broad H Emission -- A Seyfert 1 Nucleus In A Dwarf Sd Galaxy -- Warmers: A Different Point Of View -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- On Two-Dimensional Relativistic Stellar Winds -- REFERENCES -- Cluster Research With X-Ray Observations -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- X-RAY LUMINOSITY FUNCTION -- INTERPRETATION OF THE LUMINOSITY FUNCTION -- FUTURE SURVEYS -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Observations of X-Ray Pulsars From The Kvant Module -- INTRODUCTION -- CRAB NEBULA PULSAR OBSERVATIONS -- HERCULES X-1 -- SMC X-1 -- CENTAURUS X-3 -- VELA X-1 -- A0535+26 -- REFERENCES -- Generation Of Ultrahigh-Energy Gamma Rays In Accreting X-Ray Pulsars -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MECHANISM OF THE CONVERSION OF GRAVITATIONAL ENERGY TO ULTRA-RELATIVISTIC PROTON ENERGY -- PROTON ACCELERATION TO ULTRARELATIVISTIC ENERGIES IN THE REGION OF THE "LOSS CONE" TYPE INSTABILITY GENERATION -- OBSERVATIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE PROPOSED MECHANISM -- REFERENCES -- Can A Man-Made Universe Be Achieved By Quantum Tunneling Without An Initial Singularity? -- ABSTRACT -- THE COSMIC COOKBOOK -- PROPERTIES OF THE FALSE VACUUM -- THE NEW INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE -- EVOLUTION OF A FALSE VACUUM BUBBLE -- CAN ONE IN PRINCIPLE CREATE AN INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE IN THE LABORATORY? -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- On The Origin Of The Diffuse X-Ray Background -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION. ; DATA ANALYSIS -- What Is An IPC Count? -- Solar Scattered X-Rays -- Source Excision -- A Flat-Field Image For The Ipc -- A Determination Of The Cosmic Ray Particle Contamination In The Ipc -- THE SPECTRUM OF THE X-RAY BACKGROUND -- THE POINT SOURCE CONTRIBUTION -- THE ORIGIN OF THE X-RAY BACKGROUND -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Gravitational Lenses: The Current Sample, Recent Results, And Continuing Searches -- MICROLENSING: MEASURING THE MASS FUNCTION OF A GALAXY AND THE SIZE OF A QUASAR? -- DO COSMIC STRINGS EXIST? -- MASS-TO-LIGHT RATIO MEASUREMENTS IN GALAXIES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TIME HISTORIES -- ENERGY SPECTRA -- QUIESCENT COUNTERPART SEARCHES -- STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF GAMMA-BURSTERS -- THE SOFT GAMMA REPEATERS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Georgian Space Research Program -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TELESCOPE-SPECTROMETER TAMARA (FIGURE 2) -- TELESCOPE-SPECTROMETER NINO (FIGURE 3) -- REFERENCES -- On The Nature Of Pulsar Radiation -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PULSE RADIATION MECHANISMS -- APPLICATION TO THE CENTRAL OBJECT IN SN1987A REMNANT -- REFERENCES -- Observing Sn 1987a With The International Ultraviolet Explorer -- INTRODUCTION -- OBSERVATIONS -- THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM TOWARDS SN 1987A -- CIRCUMSTELLAR MATTERS -- THE ULTRAVIOLET ECHO? -- FUTURE OBSERVATIONS OF SN 1987A -- REFERENCES -- Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Low-Mass X-ray Binaries -- REFERENCES -- The Evolution Of The Gravitational Radiation From Stellar Components Of Galaxies -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE METHOD OF CALCULATION OF GW EVOLUTION -- RESULTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Close Binary Stars In Globular Clusters -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Searches For Evolved Globular Cluster Binaries -- An Eclipsing Blue Straggler In A Globular Cluster. ; FAINT MAIN SEQUENCE BINARIES IN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Large-Scale Surface Brightness Distribution Of The X-Ray Background -- INTRODUCTION -- RECENT RESULTS ON "STRUCTURES" IN THE X-RAY BACKGROUND -- Heao-1 A-2 Capabilities -- Galactic Component -- The Great Attractor Region -- Superclusters -- OTHER STRUCTURES -- FUTURE WORK -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- X-Ray Emission From Active Galactic Nuclei -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FORM OF THE CONTINUUM -- E < -- 10 Kev -- The Continuum From 10-100 Kev -- X-RAY SPECTRAL FEATURES -- TIME VARIABILITY -- REFERENCES -- On The Observational Appearances Of A Freely Precessing Neutron Star In Hercules X-1 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PERIOD DERIVATIVE OF THE PULSAR DUE TO FREE PRECESSION -- OPTICAL LIGHT CURVES HZ HER IN THE MODEL OF A FREELY PRECESSING NEUTRON STAR -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The PSR 2127+ 12 As An Indicator Of A Massive Black Hole In The Core Of Globular Cluster M 15 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DYNAMICAL EFFECTS OF THE MEAN CORE POTENTIAL -- ACCELERATION IN A NEARBY STAR POTENTIAL -- OTHER SOURCES OF ABNORMAL TIMING -- i) Gravitational Lensing -- ii) The Neutron Star Precession -- PULSAR MOTION IN THE POTENTIAL OF COLLAPSED CORE -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Formation And Evolution Of Domain Walls -- INTRODUCTION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- A Statistical Analysis Of Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected By The Konus Experiment On Venera 11 And 12 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE V/VMAX TEST -- DERIVATION OF V/VMAX FROM THE KONUS DATA -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Extragalactic X-Ray Source Counts -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DERIVATION OF LUMINOSITY FUNCTION -- DERIVATION OF SOURCE COUNTS -- TWO COMPLETE X-RAY SAMPLES -- SOURCE COUNT PROGNOSIS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES. ; Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE IRAS SKY SURVEY -- THE LOCAL UNIVERSE IN THE INFRARED -- ULTRALUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES -- COLLIDING GALAXIES FORMING QUASARS? -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- The Peculiar Velocity Field Predicted From The Distribution Of Iras Galaxies -- ABSTRACT -- THE IRAS SAMPLE -- THE PREDICTED PECULIAR VELOCITY FIELD -- COMPARISON WITH THE OBSERVED PECULIAR VELOCITY DATA -- COMPARISON WITH N-BODY MODELS -- UNRESOLVED ISSUES, AND THE WORK AHEAD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- X-Ray Radiation From Supernova 1987a The Results Of The Kvant Module In 1987-1989 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MIXING OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS IN THE EXPANDING ENVELOPE -- ABUNDANCE OF 57CO -- LIMITS ON THE STELLAR REMNANT LUMINOSITY -- TTM/COMIS UPPER LIMITS ON THE FLUX FROM SN1987A -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Basic Physics And Cosmology From Pulsar Timing Data -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TESTING RELATIVITY WITH PSR 1913+16 -- THE COSMIC GRAVITATIONAL WAVE BACKGROUND -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Gas Flow And Generation Of X-Ray Emission In Wr + Ob Binaries -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CLASSIFICATION OF THE GAS FLOW IN WR+OB BINARIES -- COLLISION OF WR STELLAR WIND WITH OB STAR SURFACE -- COLLISION OF SUPERSONIC WINDS -- INTERPRETATION OF THE V 444 CYGNI X-RAY EMISSION -- REFERENCES -- Hydrodynamic Study Of Supernova 1987a: The Phase Of A Wave Of Cooling And Recombination -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- Appendix List Of Workshop Presentations.
• Titolo autorizzato: High-energy astrophysics
• ISBN: 1-280-21228-4; 9786610212286; 0-309-56757-2; 0-585-15559-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
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