Formation and Evolution of Black Holes in the Galaxy

by Bethe, Hans Albrecht; Brown, G. E.; Lee, C. H.

• ISBN13: 9789812382504
• ISBN10: 981238250X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
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Table of Contents

Preface
Equation of State in the Gravitational Collapse of Stars	p. 1
How a Supernova Explodes	p. 51
Accretion onto and Radiation from the Compact Objects Formed in SN 1987A	p. 63
A Scenario for a Large Number of Low-Mass Black Holes in the Galaxy	p. 71
Neutron Star Accretion and Binary Pulsar Formation	p. 83
How Collapsing Stars Might Hide Their Tracks in Black Holes	p. 95
Mystery of the Missing Star	p. 101
Observational Constraints on the Maximum Neutron Star Mass	p. 109
On the Formation of Low-Mass Black Holes in Massive Binary Stars	p. 115
The Evolution of Relativistic Binary Pulsars	p. 125
Supernova Explosions, Black Holes and Nucleon Stars	p. 145
Evolution of Binary Compact Objects That Merge	p. 151
Contribution of High-Mass Black Holes to Mergers of Compact Binaries	p. 163
The Formation of High-Mass Black Holes in Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries	p. 175
Evolution of Black Holes in the Galaxy	p. 189
The Blandford-Znajek Process as a Central Engine for a Gamma-Ray Burst	p. 225
A Theory of Gamma-Ray Bursts	p. 261
Hypercritical Advection-Dominated Accretion Flow	p. 285
Evolution of Neutron Star, Carbon-Oxygen White Dwarf Binaries	p. 293
Formation and Evolution of Black Hole X-Ray Transient Systems	p. 307
Formation of High-Mass X-Ray Black Hole Binaries	p. 317
Broad and Shifted Iron-Group Emission Lines in Gamma-Ray Bursts as Tests of the Hypernova Scenario	p. 337
Discovery of a Black Hole Mass-Period Correlation in Soft X-Ray Transients and Its Implication for Gamma-Ray Burst and Hypernova Mechanisms	p. 349
Commentary on Appendices A-D	p. 375
Kaon Condensation in Dense Stellar Matter	p. 379
Kaon Production in Heavy-Ion Collisions and Maximum Mass of Neutron Stars	p. 469
K[superscript -]/K[subscript +] Ratios in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions	p. 475
Strangeness Equilibration at GSI Energies	p. 485
Bibliography	p. 505
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