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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stuart L Shapiro; Saul A Teukolsky |
| ISBN: | 0471873179 9780471873174 0471873160 9780471873167 |
| OCLC Number: | 8953728 |
| Notes: | "A Wiley-Interscience publication." |
| Description: | xvii, 645 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Star deaths and the formation of compact objects -- Cold equation of state below neutron drip -- White dwarfs -- Cooling of white dwarfs -- General relativity -- The equilibrium and stability of fluid configurations -- Rotation and magnetic fields -- Cold equation of state above neutron drip -- Neutron star models: masses and radii -- Pulsars -- Cooling of neutron stars -- Black holes -- Compact x-ray sources -- Accretion onto black holes -- Accretion onto neutron stars and white dwarfs -- Gravitational radiation -- Supermassive stars and black holes -- Stellar collapse and supernova explosions -- Appendix A. Astronomical background -- Appendix B. Proof that V₂<0 implies instability -- Appendix C. Calculation of the integral in eq. (8.4.6) -- Appendix D. Scalar and vector field theories -- Appendix E. Quarks -- Appendix F. The phase-space factor, eq. (11.5.16) -- Appendix G. Spherical accretion onto a black hole: the relativistic equations -- Appendix H. Hydrodynamics of viscous fluid flow -- Appendix I. Radiative transport. |
| Responsibility: | Stuart L. Shapiro, Saul A. Teukolsky. |
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Abstract:
This self-contained textbook brings together many different branches of physics--e.g. nuclear physics, solid state physics, particle physics, hydrodynamics, relativity--to analyze compact objects. The latest astronomical data is assessed.
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