Authors:M.H. Alpar, Ü. Kizilogammalu, Jan van Paradijs,
Publisher: Kluwer Academic
Keywords: mathematical, physical, sciences, volume, series, science, neutron, stars, nato, lives
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 1995-01-01
List price: $499.00
ISBN-10: 0792332466
ISBN-13: 9780792332466

As the most compact known observable form of matter, neutron stars offer a fascinating range of problems to astrophysicists. This book offers a collection of reviews of current research on neutron stars, variously observed as radio pulsars, X-ray binaries, gamma-ray sources and sources of thermal X-ray emission. The reviews are meant for an audience of graduate students and scientists in the field, so they combine a tutorial approach with the objectives of a scientific review. The central theme of the book is evolution, stressing the changes of thermal, magnetic and dynamical propertie

Authors:Jan van Paradijs, Johan A.M. Bleeker,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: astrophysics, amsterdam, eadn, lecture, notes, physics, network, european, lectures, spectroscopy, school, organized, ray, doctoral
Number of Pages: 530
Published: 1999-03-19
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 3540655484
ISBN-13: 9783540655480

This volume contains a comprehensive treatment of X-ray spectroscopy, as applied in astrophysics. It is presented in the form of extensive notes of lectures given by seven distinguished scientists at the Tenth Summer School of the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network. The subjects covered are: basic line and continuum radiation processes in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy; atomic physics of collision- and radiation-dominated plasmas; X-ray spectroscopic observations with ASCA and BeppoSAX; future X-ray spectroscopy missions; X-ray optics, and X-ray spectroscopy instrumentation. The book, which

Authors:Walter H. G. Lewin, Jan van Paradijs, Edward P. J. v
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: astrophysics, cambridge, binaries, ray
Number of Pages: 676
Published: 1997-01-28
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0521599342
ISBN-13: 9780521599344

X-ray binaries are stellar systems that combine one normal star (like our sun) and a smaller star, such as a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole. This timely text provides a comprehensive overview of the unique and varied behavior of these combinations. Fifteen specially-written chapters by a team of the world’s foremost researchers in the field explore all aspects of the X-ray binaries, including the X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, and radio properties of these violent systems, and address key issues such as how these systems formed and what their fate might be. They also discuss

Authors:Jan van Paradijs, E.P. Heuvel, Erik Kuulkers,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: union, symposia, astronomical, international, stars, binaries, compact
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 1996-01-31
List price: $299.00
ISBN-10: 0792338456
ISBN-13: 9780792338451

Research on the formation, structure and evolution of binary stars with at least one compact component (i.e. a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole), has in recent years been one of the most active areas in astrophysics. This volume gives an overview of recent progress in this area, with particular emphasis on the evolutionary connection that may exist between these binaries as observed in a variety of wavelength bands, in particular in the radio and X-ray bands. Among the subjects covered are Type Ib/c supernovae and supernovae in binaries; common-envelope evolution, coalescence o