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X-ray Binaries

Part of Cambridge Astrophysics

Editors:
Walter H. G. Lewin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan van Paradijs, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Edward P. J. van den Heuvel, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

N. E. White, F. Nagase, A. N. Parmar; J. van Paradijs, J. E. McClintock, Y. Tanaka, Walter H. G. Lewin, Jan Van Paradijs, Ronald E. Taam, D. Bhattacharya, M. van der Klis, R. M. Hjellming, X. Han, France Anne-Dominic Córdova, G. Fabbiano, Andrew King, F. Verbunt, E. P. J. van den Heuvel, G. Srinivasan, K. Hurley, Jan van Paradijs, Hans Ritter, Ulrich Kolb

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Date Published: January 1997
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521599344

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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 X-ray bursts and quasi-periodic oscillations, the connections between millisecond radio pulsars and low-mass X-ray binaries, and how the magnetic field of a neutron star decays. This long-awaited review provides graduate students and researchers with the standard reference on X-ray binaries for many years to come.
- 15 specially written chapters by the world's foremost authorities
- hot research topic
- key issues include X-ray pulsations, quasi-periodic oscillations, X-ray bursts
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"This book will be a valuable addition to any physics or astronomy library; even the nonexpert will benefit from a few hours browsing through it." Herbert Gursky, American Scientist

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Product details
- Date Published: January 1997
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521599344
- length: 676 pages
- dimensions: 248 x 175 x 31 mm
- weight: 1.385kg
- contains: 21 b/w illus. 36 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The properties of X-ray binaries, N. E. White, F. Nagase and A. N. Parmar
2. Optical and ultraviolet observations of X-ray binaries J. van Paradijs and J. E. McClintock
3. Black-hole binaries Y. Tanaka and W. H. G. Lewin
4. X-ray bursts Walter H. G. Lewin, Jan Van Paradijs and Ronald E. Taam
5. Millisecond pulsars D. Bhattacharya
6. Rapid aperiodic variability in binaries M. van der Klis
7. Radio properties of X-ray binaries R. M. Hjellming and X. Han
8. Cataclysmic variable stars France Anne-Dominic Córdova
9. Normal galaxies and their X-ray binary populations G. Fabbiano
10. Accretion in close binaries Andrew King
11. Formation and evolution of neutron stars and black holes in binaries F. Verbunt and E. P. J. van den Heuvel
12. The magnetic fields of neutron stars and their evolution D. Bhattacharya and G. Srinivasan
13. Cosmic gamma-ray bursts K. Hurley
14. A catalogue of X-ray binaries Jan van Paradijs
15. A compilation of cataclysmic binaries with known or suspected orbital periods Hans Ritter and Ulrich Kolb
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Editors
Walter H. G. Lewin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan van Paradijs, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Edward P. J. van den Heuvel, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Contributors
N. E. White, F. Nagase, A. N. Parmar; J. van Paradijs, J. E. McClintock, Y. Tanaka, Walter H. G. Lewin, Jan Van Paradijs, Ronald E. Taam, D. Bhattacharya, M. van der Klis, R. M. Hjellming, X. Han, France Anne-Dominic Córdova, G. Fabbiano, Andrew King, F. Verbunt, E. P. J. van den Heuvel, G. Srinivasan, K. Hurley, Jan van Paradijs, Hans Ritter, Ulrich Kolb