Compact stellar X-ray sources

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Compact stellar X-ray sources

edited by Walter Lewin & Michiel van der Klis

(Cambridge astrophysics series, 39)

Cambridge University Press, 2006

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X-ray astronomy is the prime available window on astrophysical compact objects: black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs. New observational opportunities have led to an explosion of knowledge in this field. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the astrophysics of compact objects that emit X-rays. Sixteen chapters written by the foremost experts in the field cover the observations and the astrophysical interpretation of these objects. Topics covered include binary systems, gamma ray burst sources, anomalous X-ray pulsars, super-soft sources, and enigmatic fast X-ray transients. Further chapters are dedicated to isolated neutron stars and the X-ray source populations of globular clusters. The properties of X-ray binaries are discussed in depth in chapters on quasi-periodic oscillations and related aperiodic X-ray variability, X-ray bursts, black holes, and relativistic jets. This is a valuable reference for both graduate students and active researchers.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Accreting neutron stars and black holes: a decade of discoveries D. Psaltis
  • 2. Rapid X-ray variability M. van der Klis
  • 3. New views of thermonuclear bursts T. Strohmayer and L. Bildsten
  • 4. Black hole binaries J. McClintock and R. Remillard
  • 5. Optical, ultraviolet and infrared observations of X-ray binaries P. Charles and M. Coe
  • 6. Fast X-ray transients and X-ray flashes J. Heise and J. in 't Zand
  • 7. Isolated neutron stars V. Kaspi, M. Roberts and A. Harding
  • 8. Globular cluster X-ray sources F. Verbunt and W. Lewin
  • 9. Jets from X-ray binaries R. Fender
  • 10. X-Rays from cataclysmic variables E. Kuulkers, A. Norton, A. Schwope and B. Warner
  • 11. Super soft sources P. Kahabka and E. van den Heuvel
  • 12. Compact stellar X-ray sources in normal galaxies G. Fabbiano and N. White
  • 13. Accretion in compact binaries A. King
  • 14. Soft gamma repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars: magnetar candidates P. Woods and C. Thompson
  • 15. Cosmic gamma-ray bursts, their afterglows, and their host galaxies K. Hurley, R. Sari and S. Djorgovski
  • 16. Formation and evolution of compact stellar X-ray sources T. Tauris and E. van den Heuvel.

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  • NCID
    BA76374205
  • ISBN
    • 0521826594
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge, UK
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 690 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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