Physics of Dense Matter

List of contents

The Equation of State of Matter at Sub-Nuclear Density.- Equation of State at Densities Greater than Nuclear Density.- Variational Method for Dense Systems.- Properties and Synthesis of Heavy Nuclei and Properties of Neutron Star Matter.- 'Statistical Bootstrap' Equation of State for Cold Ultra-Dense Matter.- A Simple Equation of State of Matter at Super-Nuclear Densities.- Pions in Neutron Star Matter.- Hypercollapsed Nuclear Matter.- Matter in Superstrong Magnetic Fields.- Quantum Crystals in Neutron Stars.- Superfluidity in Neutron Stars.- Phase Diagram of a Charged Bose Gas (Abstract Only).- Superluminal Sound and Ferromagnetic Transition in the Zeldovich Model.- Supernovae and Neutron Stars.- Neutron Star Structure from Pulsar Observations.- Cooling of Dense Stars.- Pulsar Observations and Neutron Star Models.- Hadron Star Models.- Differential Rotation in Degenerate Stars.- Continuum Polarization in Magnetic White Dwarfs.- Polarized Radiation from White Dwarfs and Atoms in Strong Magnetic Fields.- Matter-Antimatter Separation and the Antimatter Problem in Cosmology.- Quasar Counts and the Lagging Core Model ('White Holes').- Concluding Remarks.

Product details

• Assisted by: A. J. Hansen (Editor), A.J. Hansen (Editor), J Hansen (Editor), A J Hansen (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.06.2009
• EAN: 9789027704061
• ISBN: 978-90-277-0406-1
• No. of pages: 327
• Weight: 662 g
• Illustrations: X, 327 p.
• Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia; International Astronomical Union Symposia
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy