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ISBN Number: 9780226523316
Written by: Michael, F. Curtis
Written by: Michel, F. Curtis
Written by: Michel, F. Curtis
Written by: Michael, F. Curtis
Published by: Libri
Location: Chicago :
Subject: Science
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Astronomy
Subject: Astrophysics
Subject: Neutron stars
Subject: Magnetosphere.
Subject: Neutron stars, Atmospheres.
Copyright: 1991
Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references p. 455-497.
Series: Theoretical Astrophysics
Series Volume: 9311, 9381
Date of Publication: November 1990
Cover Type: Paperback
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 576
Book Size: 9.04x6.11x1.17 in. 1.55 lbs.
An incomparable reference for astrophysicists studying pulsars and other kinds of neutron stars, "Theory of Neutron Star Magnetospheres" sums up two decades of astrophysical research. It provides in one volume the most important findings to date on this topic, essential to astrophysicists faced with a huge and widely scattered literature.
F. Curtis Michel, who was among the first theorists to propose a neutron star model for radio pulsars, analyzes competing models of pulsars, radio emission models, winds and jets from pulsars, pulsating X-ray sources, gamma-ray burst sources, and other neutron-star driven phenomena. Although the book places primary emphasis on theoretical essentials, it also provides a considerable introduction to the observational data and its organization. Michel emphasizes the problems and uncertainties that have arisen in the research as well as the considerable progress that has been made to date. Book News Annotation:
The author--who has been active in this field since its beginnings
(i.e., since the observational discovery of pulsars)--reviews for the
benefit of students and colleagues the present state of knowledge and
theory concerning the subject to which the title refers. Many kinds
of physics (typically standard physics of non-standard extreme
conditions) enter necessarily into such as discussion, and many
models; the author's approach, to theory as to the rest of his topic,
is critically descriptive. Long mathematical arguments are absent,
which circumstance lends the book a certain swiftness, and a
sustained density of interest. It is, in short, an accessible
pleasure to read, even for nonspecialist readers. (NW)
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:
First came the discovery of the radio pulsars. These objects are now almost universally believed to be rotating magnetized neutron stars. Next came the discovery of pulsating X-ray sources, even more energetic objects radiating in an entirely different part of the electromagnetic spectrum but nevertheless believed also to be rotating magnetized neutron stars.
