The Electromagnetic Spectrum of Neutron Stars

by Baykal, Altan; Yerli, Sinan K.; Inam, Sitki C.; Grebenev, Sergei

• ISBN13: 9781402038594
• ISBN10: 1402038593
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-28
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Neutron stars hold a central place in astrophysics, not only because they are made up of the most extreme states of the condensed matter, but also because they are, along with white dwarfs and black holes, one of the stable configurations that stars reach at the end of stellar evolution. Neutron stars posses the highest rotation rates and strongest magnetic fields among all stars. They radiate prolifically, in high energy electromagnetic radiation and in the radio band. This book is devoted to the selected lectures presented in the 6 th NATO-ASI series entitled "The Electromagnetic Spectrum of Neutron Stars" in Marmaris, Turkey, on 7-18 June 2004. This ASI is devoted to the spectral properties of neutron stars. Spectral observations of neutron stars help us to understand the magnetospheric emission processes of isolated radio pulsars and the emission processes of accreting neutron stars. This volume includes spectral information from the neutron stars in broadest sense, namely neutrino and gravitational radiation along with the electromagnetic spectrum. This volume may serve as a graduate level text including the broad range of properties of neutron stars.

Table of Contents

List of participants, speakers, and guests	ix
Preface	xv
Part I Formation of Neutron Stars
Neutron Star Formation	3	(12)
Chris L. Fryer
Aimee Hungerford
Young Neutron Stars and Their Wind Nebulae	15	(18)
Patrick Slane
Part II Neutron Star Structure and Magnetic Field
Neutron Star Superfluidity, Dynamics and Precession	33	(14)
M. Ali Alpar
A Biography of the Magnetic Field of a Neutron Star	47	(16)
Malvin Ruderman
Elementary Processes in Strong Magnetic Fields	63	(12)
Joseph Ventura
Drifting subpulses in PSR B0826-34	75	(4)
J. Gil
Y. Gupta
J. Kijak
M. Sendyk
Temperature Distribution in Magnetized Neutron Star Crusts	79	(4)
U. Geppert
M. Kueker
D. Page
Coupling of Radial and Non-radial Oscillations of Neutron Stars	83	(6)
Andrea Passamonti
Marco Bruni
Leonardo Gualtieri
Carlos F. Sopuerta
Part III Neutrino Astrophysics
High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy	89	(14)
Francis Halzen
Gravitational Wave Interactions with Magnetized Plasmas	103	(4)
Joachim Moortgat
Jan Kuijpers
The Double-Neutron-Star Inspiral Rate and Expectations for GW Detection	107	(4)
Chunglee Kim
Vassiliki Kalogera
Duncan R. Lorimer
Mia Ihm
Krzysztof Belczynski
Proto-Neutron Star Neutrino Emission	111	(6)
Aimee L. Hungerford
Christopher L. Fryer
Aristotle Socrates
Omer Blaes
Part IV Cooling and Atmospheres of Neutron Stars
Observations of Cooling Neutron Stars	117	(16)
J.E. Triimper
Optical Studies of Isolated Neutron Stars and Their Environments	133	(4)
Roberto P. Mignani
Disks Around Radio Pulsars	137	(4)
K. Yavuz Eksi
M. Ali Alpar
Radiation from Condensed Surface of Magnetic Neutron Stars	141	(6)
Matthew van Adelsberg
Dong Lai
Alexander Y. Potekhin
Part V Pulsars
Observations of Radio Pulsars	147	(14)
Nichi D'Amico
Radio Pulsar Statistics	161	(12)
D. R. Lorimer
Emission Mechanisms and Broad Band Spectra of Pulsars	173	(12)
K.S. Cheng
Modeling Spectral Features from Isolated Neutron Stars	185	(6)
Wynn C.G. Ho Dong Lai
Alexander Y. Potekhin
Gilles Chabrier
Part VI Binaries, accretion
Formation and Evolution of Neutron Stars in Binary Systems	191	(12)
E.P.J. van den Heavel
Accretion Disks	203	(46)
H.C. Spruit
High mass X-ray binaries in LMC	249	(4)
P. Shtykovskiy
M. Gilfanov
Astrophysics with Lobster Telescopes	253	(4)
Rene Hudec
Libor Sveda
Ladislav Pina
Adolf Inneman
The Stability of Magnetized Rotating Plasmas with Strong Toroidal Fields	257	(6)
Martin E. Pessah
Dimitrios Psaltis
Part VII X-ray binaries
Accretion Powered X-ray Pulsars	263	(16)
Altan Baykal
Delayed Iron Lines in GX 1+4	279	(4)
Takayoshi Kohmura
Shunji Kitamoto
Timing Neutron Stars	283	(28)
M. van der Klis
Millisecond X-Ray Pulsars and QPOs	311	(18)
Frederick K. Lamb
Part VIII Gamma Ray Bursts and Magnetars
The Electromagnetic Spectrum of AXPs	329	(10)
GianLuca Israel
Sandro Mereghetti
Nanda Rea
Luigi Stella
The distribution of kHz QPO frequencies in Sco X-1	339	(6)
Tomaso Belloni
Mariano Mendez
Jeroen Homan
Part IX Science with current and future X/ gamma-ray missions
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory	345	(12)
Martin C. Weisskopf
The INTEGRAL mission	357	(16)
Sergei A. Grebenev
Part X CONCLUDING REMARKS
Concluding Remarks	373	(6)
E.P.J. van den Heuvel
Object Index	379	(4)
Subject Index	383