Stellar Remnants
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-08264-1 (ISBN)
Contents: White Dwarfs (S.D. Kawaler): Introduction.- Observed Properties of White Dwarfs.- Physics of White Dwarf Interiors.- White Dwarf Formation and Early Cooling.- Chemical Evolution of White Dwarfs.- White Dwarf Cooling and the White Dwarf Luminosity Function.- Nonradial Oscillations of White Dwarfs: Theory.- Pulsating White Dwarfs.- Astrophysical Applications of White Dwarfs. Neutron Stars (G. Srinivasan): A Historical Introduction.- The Nature of Pulsars.- The Physics of Neutron Stars.- The Progenitors of Neutron Stars.- Binary Pulsars.- Millisecond Pulsars.- Magnetic Field Evolution.- Glitches.- Plate Tectonics. Black Holes (I. Novikov): Astrophysics of Black Holes.- A Nonrotating Black Hole.- A Rotating Black Hole.- Electromagnetic Fields Near a Black Hole.- Some Aspects of Physics of Black Holes, Wormholes, and Time Machines.- Observational Appearance of the Black Holes in the Universe.- Primordial Black Holes.- Acknowledgements.- References.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.12.2010 |
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Reihe/Serie | Saas-Fee Advanced Course |
Zusatzinfo | XII, 340 p. |
Verlagsort | Berlin |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 538 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik |
Schlagworte | Astronomy • astrophysics • Black Hole • Black Holes • Dynamics • neutron star • Neutron Stars • Pulsars • Stellar • stellar evolution • White Dwarf |
ISBN-10 | 3-642-08264-5 / 3642082645 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-08264-1 / 9783642082641 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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