The Transient Radio Sky

• Main Author: Keane, Evan Francis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Springer Theses,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

The high time-resolution radio sky represents unexplored astronomical territory. This thesis presents a study of the transient radio sky, focussing on millisecond scales. As such, the work is concerned primarily with neutron stars. In particular this research concentrates on a recently identified gr...

Table of Contents:

• Transients
• Neutron Stars
• NS Birthrates
• PMSingle
• RRAT Timing
• New Timing Solutions
• X-ray & Optical Observations
• RRATs: An Overview
• Conclusions
• Radio Astronomy Equations
• Neutron Stars: Supplementary
• Birthrates: Supplementary
• PMSingle: Supplementary.-.