Physics of Neutron Star Interiors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Blaschke, D. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Glendenning, N.K (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sedrakian, A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 578
• Subjects: Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Nuclear physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.

Neutron stars are the densest observable bodies in our universe. Born during the gravitational collapse of luminous stars - a birth heralded by spectacular supernova explosions - they open a window on a world where the state of the matter and the strengths of the fields are anything but ordinary. Th...