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Matter at High Densities in Astrophysics: Compact Stars and the Equation of State

By Harald Riffert , Herbert Müther , Heinz Herold , Hanns Ruder (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1996
ISBN
978-3-540-60605-5, 978-3-540-48454-7
DOI
10.1007/BFb0108714
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4744387 bytes)
Series
Springer Tracts in Modern Physics 133
Pages
XIV, 278 pp. 86 figs.\283
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Hadrons;Nuclear Fusion;Elementary ParticlesHeavy IonsNuclear PhysicsQuantum Field Theory;Astronomy;Astrophysics

Description

This volume is published in honor of Friedrich Hund's 100th birthday. It is a modern review on matter at high densities and pressures in astrophysics from Hund's early contribution to present-day ideas. The relation between the equation of state and the structure of compact cosmic objects is discussed, and two main contributions deal with the equation of state of baryonic matter at nuclear densities and with the numerical solution of the general relativistic field equations for non-rotating and rapidly rotating neutron stars. In a final chapter the present state of asteroseismology is presented as a tool to explore the interior of cosmic objects by analyzing the observed free oscillations of the Earth, the Sun, and white dwarf stars.

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