Pulsar astronomy

Author(s)

• Lyne, A. G.
• Graham-Smith, Francis, Sir

Bibliographic Information

Pulsar astronomy

A.G. Lyne, F. Graham-Smith

（Cambridge astrophysics series, 16）

Cambridge University Press, 1990

Note

Bibliography: p. [260]-271

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An introduction to the properties of pulsars, including chapters on search techniques, distances, pulse timing, the galactic population of pulsars, binary and millisecond pulsars, geometry and physics of their emission regions, and applications to the interstellar medium.

Table of Contents

• The discovery of pulsars
• the pulsars - an overview
• searches and surveys
• the distances of the pulsars
• pulse timing
• timing irregularities
• the young pulsars
• the galactic population of pulsars
• supernovae
• binary and millisecond pulsars
• the x-ray binaries and bursters
• integrated pulse profiles
• individual pulses
• geometry of the emitting regions
• radiation processes
• the pulsar emission mechanisms
• interstellar scintillation and scattering
• the interstellar magnetic field
• achievements and prospects
• the pulsar catalogue.

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Details

• NCID: BA10022626
• ISBN:
  • 0521326818
• LCCN: 89035679
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge [England] ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 274 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QB843.P8
  • DC20 : 523.8/874
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pulsars
  • LCSH : Stars, Binary
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00300347