Physics of Neutron Star Interiors

Marcello Baldo, Fiorella Burgio (auth.), David Blaschke, Armen Sedrakian, Norman K. Glendenning (eds.)3540423400, 9783540423409

Neutron stars are the densest observable bodies in our universe. Born during the gravitational collapse of luminous stars – a birth heralded by spectacular supernova explosions – they open a window on a world where the state of the matter and the strengths of the fields are anything but ordinary. This book is a collection of pedagogical lectures on the theory of neutron stars, and especially their interiors, at the forefront of current research. It addresses graduate students and researchers alike, and should be particularly suitable as a text bridging the gap between standard textbook material and the research literature.

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Table of contents :
Microscopic Theory of the Nuclear Equation of State and Neutron Star Structure….Pages 1-29
Superfluidity in Neutron Star Matter….Pages 30-53
Relativistic Superfluid Models for Rotating Neutron Stars….Pages 54-96
The Tensor Virial Method and Its Applications to Self-Gravitating Superfluids….Pages 97-126
Neutron Star Crusts….Pages 127-174
Kaon Condensation in Neutron Stars….Pages 175-202
Phases of QCD at High Baryon Density….Pages 203-217
Diquarks in Dense Matter….Pages 218-234
Color Superconductivity in Compact Stars….Pages 235-252
Strange Quark Stars: Structural Properties and Possible Signatures for Their Existence….Pages 253-284
Phase Diagram for Spinning and Accreting Neutron Stars….Pages 285-304
Signal of Quark Deconfinement in Millisecond Pulsars and Reconfinement in Accreting X-ray Neutron Stars….Pages 305-332
Supernova Explosions and Neutron Star Formation….Pages 333-363
Evolution of a Neutron Star from Its Birth to Old Age….Pages 364-423
Neutron Star Kicks and Asymmetric Supernovae….Pages 424-439
Spin and Magnetism in Old Neutron Stars….Pages 440-466
Neutrino Cooling of Neutron Stars: Medium Effects….Pages 467-503