Isolated Neutron Stars: From the Surface to the Interior

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zane, Silvia (Editor), Turolla, Roberto (Editor), Page, Dany (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Plasma Physics.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.

This book collects the contributions presented at the conference Isolated Neutron Stars: From the Surface to the Interior, held in London in April 2006. Forty years after the discovery of radio pulsars it presents an up-to-date description of the new vision of isolated neutron stars that has emerged...