Multi-Wavelength Studies of Pulsars and Their Companions

• Main Author: Antoniadis, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Astrophysics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

The focus of his prize-winning thesis is on observations and modeling of binary millisecond pulsars. But in addition, John Antoniadis covers a wide range of observational measurements of binary compact stars systems and tests of General Relativity, like indirect measurements of gravitational wave em...

Table of Contents:

• Neutron Stars and Pulsars
• Binary and Millisecond Pulsars
• An Observational Test for Low-Mass Helium-Core White-Dwarf Models
• The Relativistic Binary PSR J1738+0333
• A Massive Pulsar in a Compact Relativistic Binary
• A White Dwarf Companion to the Relativistic Pulsar J1141+6545
• Summary and Future Work
• Bibliography.