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Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

Name: Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars By Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)
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Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars by Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

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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. Over 250 exercises.

Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars Summary

Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects by Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

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. Over 250 exercises.

About Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

Stuart Louis Shapiro is an American theoretical astrophysicist, who works on numerical relativity with applications in astrophysics, specialising in compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes. Saul A. Teukolsky is the author of Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects, published by Wiley.

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.

Appendixes.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

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NLS9780471873167

ISBN 13

9780471873167

ISBN 10

0471873160

Title

Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects by Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

Author

Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

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New

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Paperback

Publisher

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH

Year published

1983-07-27

Number of pages

663

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Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars by Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

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Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars Summary

Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects by Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

About Stuart L. Shapiro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA)

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