Compact Stars
Subtitle: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and General Relativity
Publisher: Springer London, Limited
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9781468404913
Description: Neutron stars are the smallest denses stars known, with densities some 1014 times that of the Earth. They rotate with periods of fractions of a second, and their magnetic fields drive intense interstellar dynamos, lighting up entire nebulae. This text discusses the physics of these extreme objects. It includes the needed background in classical general relativity in nuclear and particle physics.