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X-RAY BINARIES
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| By: |
Walter H. G. Lewin (Editor), Jan van Paradijs (Editor), E. P. J. van den Heuvel (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£57.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521599342 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521599344 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
16 January, 1997 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Astrophysics v. 26 |
| Pages: |
676 |
| Description: |
This long-awaited volume provides graduate students and researchers with the standard reference on X-ray binaries. |
| Synopsis: |
X-ray binaries are some of the most varied and perplexing systems known to astronomers. The compact object which accretes mass from its companion star may be a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole, whereas the donor star can be a 'normal' star or a white dwarf. The various combinations differ widely in their behaviour, and this timely volume provides a unique reference of our knowledge to date of all of them. Fifteen specially written chapters by a team of the world's foremost researchers in the field explore all aspects of the X-ray binaries. They cover the X-ray, ultraviolet, optical and radio properties of these violent systems and address key issues such as: how were these systems formed, and what will be their fate; how can we understand X-ray bursts, and how the quasi-periodic oscillations; what is the connection between millisecond radio pulsars and low-mass X-ray binaries; and how does the magnetic field of a neutron star decay? This long awaited review provides graduate students and researchers with the standard reference on X-ray binaries for many years to come. |
| Illustrations: |
21 b/w illus. 36 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |
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