Screen LibraryFormation and evolution of black holes in the galaxy : selected papers with commentary /
In published papers H A Bethe and G E Brown worked out the collapse of large stars and supernova explosions. They went on to evolve binaries of compact stars, finding that in the standard scenario the first formed neutron star always went into a black hole in common envelope evolution. C-H Lee joine...
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World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : |
| Publication Dates: | 2003. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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World Scientific series in 20th century physics ;
v. 33 |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/5142#t=toc |
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In published papers H A Bethe and G E Brown worked out the collapse of large stars and supernova explosions. They went on to evolve binaries of compact stars, finding that in the standard scenario the first formed neutron star always went into a black hole in common envelope evolution. C-H Lee joined them in the study of black hole binaries and gamma ray bursts. They found the black holes to be the fossils of the gamma ray bursts. From their properties they could reconstruct features of the burst and of the accompanying hypernova explosions.This invaluable book contains 23 papers on astrophysics, chiefly on compact objects, written over 23 years. The papers are accompanied by illuminating commentary. In addition there is an appendix on kaon condensation which the editors believe to be relevant to the equation of state in neutron stars, and to explain why black holes are formed at relatively low masses. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi,506pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789812791337 (electronic bk.) |
| CLC: | P145.8 |
| Contents: | ch. 1. Equation of state in the gravitational collapse of stars -- ch. 2. How a supernova explodes -- ch. 3. Accretion onto and radiation from the compact objects formed in SN 1987A -- ch. 4. A scenario for a large number of low-mass black holes in the galaxy -- ch. 5. Neutron star accretion and binary pulsar formation -- ch. 6. How collapsing stars might hide their tracks in black holes -- ch. 7. Mystery of the missing star -- ch. 8. Observational constraints on the maximum neutron star mass -- ch. 9. On the formation of low-mass black holes in massive binary stars -- ch. 10. The evolution of relativistic binary pulsars -- ch. 11. Supernova explosions, black holes and nucleon stars -- ch. 12. Evolution of binary compact objects that merge -- ch. 13. Contribution of high-mass black holes to mergers of compact binaries -- ch. 14. The formation of high-mass black holes in low-mass X-ray binaries -- ch. 15. Evolution of black holes in the galaxy -- ch. 16. The Blandford-Znajek process as a central engine for a gamma-ray burst -- ch. 17. A theory of gamma-ray bursts -- ch. 18. Hypercritical advection-dominated accretion flow -- ch. 19. Evolution of neutron star, carbon-oxygen white dwarf binaries -- ch. 20. Formation and evolution of black hole X-ray transient systems -- ch. 21. Formation of high-mass X-ray black hole binaries -- ch. 22. Broad and shifted iron-group emission lines in gamma-ray bursts as tests of the hypernova scenario -- ch. 23. Discovery of a black hole mass-period correlation in soft X-ray transients and its implication for gamma-ray burst and hypernova mechanisms -- Commentary on appendices A-D. |