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Clocks in the Sky
The Story of Pulsars
Taschenbuch von Geoff Mcnamara
Sprache: Englisch

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Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, the collapsed cores of once massive stars that ended their lives as supernova explosions.

In this book, Geoff McNamara explores the history, subsequent discovery and contemporary research into pulsar astronomy. The story of pulsars is brought right up to date with the announcement in 2006 of a new breed of pulsar, Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs), which emit short bursts of radio signals separated by long pauses. These may outnumber conventional radio pulsars by a ratio of four to one. Geoff McNamara ends by pointing out that, despite the enormous success of pulsar research in the second half of the twentieth century, the real discoveries are yet to be made including, perhaps, the detection of the hypothetical pulsar black hole binary system by the proposed Square Kilometre Array - the largest single radio telescope in the world.
Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, the collapsed cores of once massive stars that ended their lives as supernova explosions.

In this book, Geoff McNamara explores the history, subsequent discovery and contemporary research into pulsar astronomy. The story of pulsars is brought right up to date with the announcement in 2006 of a new breed of pulsar, Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs), which emit short bursts of radio signals separated by long pauses. These may outnumber conventional radio pulsars by a ratio of four to one. Geoff McNamara ends by pointing out that, despite the enormous success of pulsar research in the second half of the twentieth century, the real discoveries are yet to be made including, perhaps, the detection of the hypothetical pulsar black hole binary system by the proposed Square Kilometre Array - the largest single radio telescope in the world.
Zusammenfassung

Explores the prediction, subsequent discovery and contemporary research into pulsars

Provides a historical and social perspective on the story of pulsar astronomy

Explores the nature and physics of pulsars

Looks at how pulsars may enable the study of other astronomical phenomena, such as gravitational waves

Inhaltsverzeichnis
'Life & Death Among The Stars'.- '1932'.- 'A New Window'.- 'scruff'.- 'What makes pulsars tick?'.- 'The Crab'.- 'Optical Pulsars'.- 'The Searchers'.- 'Two by Two'.- 'Faster'.- 'Globular Pulsars'.- 'Pulsar Planets'.- 'Magnetars'.- 'seeing Double'.- 'Of Multibeams and RRATs'.- 'The Future'.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Popular Astronomy
Inhalt: xiv
190 S.
20 s/w Illustr.
190 p. 20 illus.
ISBN-13: 9780387765600
ISBN-10: 0387765603
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 11782032
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mcnamara, Geoff
Hersteller: Springer New York
Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Popular Astronomy
Maße: 242 x 170 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Geoff Mcnamara
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.11.2008
Gewicht: 0,366 kg
Artikel-ID: 101885873
Zusammenfassung

Explores the prediction, subsequent discovery and contemporary research into pulsars

Provides a historical and social perspective on the story of pulsar astronomy

Explores the nature and physics of pulsars

Looks at how pulsars may enable the study of other astronomical phenomena, such as gravitational waves

Inhaltsverzeichnis
'Life & Death Among The Stars'.- '1932'.- 'A New Window'.- 'scruff'.- 'What makes pulsars tick?'.- 'The Crab'.- 'Optical Pulsars'.- 'The Searchers'.- 'Two by Two'.- 'Faster'.- 'Globular Pulsars'.- 'Pulsar Planets'.- 'Magnetars'.- 'seeing Double'.- 'Of Multibeams and RRATs'.- 'The Future'.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Popular Astronomy
Inhalt: xiv
190 S.
20 s/w Illustr.
190 p. 20 illus.
ISBN-13: 9780387765600
ISBN-10: 0387765603
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 11782032
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mcnamara, Geoff
Hersteller: Springer New York
Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Popular Astronomy
Maße: 242 x 170 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Geoff Mcnamara
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.11.2008
Gewicht: 0,366 kg
Artikel-ID: 101885873
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