| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 690 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Cambridge astrophysics series ; 39
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Cambridge astrophysics series ; 39.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
X-ray astronomy is the prime available window on astrophysical compact objects: black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs. In this book, the foremost experts in the field provide a comprehensive overview of the observations and astrophysics of these objects. This is a valuable reference for graduate students and active researchers. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Accreting neutron stars and black holes: a decade of discoveries; 2 Rapid X-ray variability; 3 New views of thermonuclear bursts; 4 Black hole binaries; 5 Optical, ultraviolet and infrared observations of X-ray binaries; 6 Fast X-ray transients and X-ray flashes; 7 Isolated neutron stars; 8 Globular cluster X-ray sources; 9 Jets from X-ray binaries; 10 X-rays from cataclysmic variables; 11 Super-soft sources; 12 Compact stellar X-ray sources in normal galaxies; 13 Accretion in compact binaries. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
X-ray astronomy.
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X-ray astronomy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lewin, Walter H. G.
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Klis, M. van der.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Compact stellar X-ray sources. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521826594 (DLC) 2006296668 (OCoLC)61757086 |
| ISBN |
0511168578 (electronic book) |
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9780511168574 (electronic book) |
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0511167539 |
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9780511167539 |
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051116808X |
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9780511168086 |
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9780511169007 (electronic book) |
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0511169000 (electronic book) |
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9780511536281 (electronic book) |
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0511536283 (electronic book) |
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0521826594 (Cloth) |
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9780521826594 |
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9780521158060 |
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0521158060 |
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