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024	7		_a10.1007/978-3-540-49912-1 _2doi
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100	1		_aCamenzind, Max. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCompact Objects in Astrophysics _h[electronic resource] : _bWhite Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes / _cby Max Camenzind.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, _c2007.
300			_aXXIV, 682 p. 202 illus., 15 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aAstronomy and Astrophysics Library, _x0941-7834
505	0		_aCompact Objects in Astrophysics -- Gravity of Compact Objects -- Matter Models for Compact Objects -- Relativistic Stellar Structure -- White Dwarfs -- Neutron Stars -- Rapidly Rotating Neutron Stars -- Black Holes -- Astrophysical Black Holes -- Physics of Accretion Flows around Compact Objects -- Epilogue and Future Prospects.
520			_aCompact objects are an important class of astronomical objects in current research. Supermassive black holes play an important role in the understanding of the formation of galaxies in the early Universe. Old white dwarfs are nowadays used to calibrate the age of the Universe. Mergers of neutron stars and black holes are the sources of intense gravitational waves which will be measured in the next ten years by gravitational wave detectors. Camenzind's Compact Objects in Astrophysics gives a comprehensive introduction and up-to-date overview about the physical processes behind these objects, covering the field from the beginning to most recent results, including all relevant observations. After a presentation of the taxonomy of compact objects, the basic principles of general relativity are given. The author then discusses in detail the physics and observations of white dwarfs and neutron stars (including the most recent equations of state for neutron star matter), the gravitational field of rapidly rotating compact objects, rotating black holes (including ray tracing and black hole magnetospheres), gravitational waves, and the new understanding of accretion processes by means of the magnetorotational instability of accretion disks. This modern treatise of compact object astrophysics uses the 3+1 split approach to Einstein's equations, and to relativistic hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics. In each chapter problems and solutions help deepen the understanding of the subject. Both advanced students and researchers will appreciate this book as an advanced textbook and reference on this fascinating field of astrophysics.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aGravitation.
650		0	_aAstrophysics.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aAstrophysics and Astroparticles.
650	2	4	_aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783540257707
830		0	_aAstronomy and Astrophysics Library, _x0941-7834
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49912-1
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950			_aPhysics and Astronomy (Springer-11651)
999			_c507987 _d507987