Jurgen Schaffner-Bielich (Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt Am Main)

Compact Star Physics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This self-contained introduction to compact star physics explains important concepts from areas such as general relativity, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and nuclear physics. It is ideal for graduate students and researchers working on the physics of compact stars, general relativity and nuclear physics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9781107180895
• ISBN-10: 1107180899
• Artikelnr.: 59483073

Autorenporträt

Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich is a professor in theoretical astrophysics at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Am Main. Since completing his Ph.D., he has worked at the Niels Bohr Institute, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as Feodor-Lynen fellow of the Humboldt Foundation, the RIKEN BNL Research Center at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia University,New York, and as a professor at the University of Heidelberg.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. General relativity
3. Dense matter
4. Compact stars
5. White dwarfs
6. Pulsars
7. Neutron stars
8. Quark stars
9. Hybrid stars
10. Gravitational waves
References
Index.