X-ray Binaries Paperback / softback
Edited by Walter H. G. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Lewin, Jan van (Universiteit van Amsterdam and Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands) Paradijs, Edward P. J. van den (Universiteit van Amsterdam and Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands) Heuvel
Part of the Cambridge Astrophysics series
Paperback / softback
Description
X-ray binaries are some of the most varied and perplexing systems known to astronomers.
The compact object which accretes mass from its companion star may be a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole, whereas the donor star can be a 'normal' star or a white dwarf.
The various combinations differ widely in their behaviour, and this timely volume provides a unique reference of our knowledge to date of all of them.
Fifteen specially written chapters by a team of the world's foremost researchers in the field explore all aspects of the X-ray binaries.
They cover the X-ray, ultraviolet, optical and radio properties of these violent systems and address key issues such as: how were these systems formed, and what will be their fate; how can we understand X-ray bursts, and how the quasi-periodic oscillations; what is the connection between millisecond radio pulsars and low-mass X-ray binaries; and how does the magnetic field of a neutron star decay?
This long awaited review provides graduate students and researchers with the standard reference on X-ray binaries for many years to come.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:676 pages, 36 Tables, unspecified; 5 Halftones, unspecified; 16 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/01/1997
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- ISBN:9780521599344
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:676 pages, 36 Tables, unspecified; 5 Halftones, unspecified; 16 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/01/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521599344
