Pulsar astronomy / Andrew Lyne, University of Manchester, Francis Graham-Smith, University of Manchester, Benjamin Stappers, University of Manchester.
"After more than half a century since their unexpected discovery and identification as neutron stars, the observation and understanding of pulsars touches upon many areas of astronomy and astrophysics. The literature on pulsars is vast and the observational techniques used now cover the whole o...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
| Series: | Cambridge astrophysics series ;
57. |
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Table of Contents:
- The discoveries
- Telescope techniques, radio to TeV
- Receiver techniques and data analysis
- Surveys and population
- Pulsar timing
- Timing and astrometry of binary pulsars
- The distance of the pulsars
- Pulse profiles
- The variability of pulsar emission
- Millisecond pulsars
- Magnetars
- Thermal x-rays from neutron stars
- Neutron stars
- Radius and mass
- Glitches, timing noise, Nudot switching
- Location and geometry of emitters
- The emission mechanisms
- Supernovae and their remnants; pulsar wind nebulae
- Interstellar scintillation and scattering
- The interstellar magnetic field
- Prospects.