The Electromagnetic Spectrum of Neutron Stars (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 210)

Neutron stars hold a central place in astrophysics, not only because they are made up of the most extreme states of the condensed matter, but also because they are, along with white dwarfs and black holes, one of the stable configurations that stars reach at the end of stellar evolution. Neutron stars posses the highest rotation rates and strongest magnetic fields among all stars. They radiate prolifically, in high energy electromagnetic radiation and in the radio band. This book is devoted to the selected lectures presented in the 6 th NATO-ASI series entitled "The Electromagnetic Spectrum of Neutron Stars" in Marmaris, Turkey, on 7-18 June 2004. This ASI is devoted to the spectral properties of neutron stars. Spectral observations of neutron stars help us to understand the magnetospheric emission processes of isolated radio pulsars and the emission processes of accreting neutron stars. This volume includes spectral information from the neutron stars in broadest sense, namely neutrino and gravitational radiation along with the electromagnetic spectrum. We believe that this volume can serve as graduate level of text including the broad range of properties of neutron stars. Neutron Star Formation....Pages 3-14 Young Neutron Stars and Their Wind Nebulae....Pages 15-30 Neutron Star Superfluidity, Dynamics and Precession....Pages 33-46 A Biography of the Magnetic Field of a Neutron Star....Pages 47-61 Elementary Processes in Strong Magnetic Fields....Pages 63-74 Drifting Subpulses in PSR B0826-34....Pages 75-78 Temperature Distribution in Magnetized Neutron Star Crusts....Pages 79-82 Coupling of Radial and Non-Radial Oscillations of Neutron Stars....Pages 83-86 High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy....Pages 89-101 Gravitational Wave Interactions with Magnetized Plasmas....Pages 103-106 The Double-Neutron-Star Inspiral Rate and Expectations for Gravitational-Wave Detection....Pages 107-114 Proto-Neutron Star Neutrino Emission....Pages 111-114 Observations of Cooling Neutron Stars....Pages 117-131 Optical Studies of Isolated Neutron Stars and Their Environments....Pages 133-136 Disks Around Radio Pulsars....Pages 137-140 Radiation from Condensed Surface of Magnetic Neutron Stars....Pages 141-144 Observations of Radio Pulsars....Pages 147-160 Radio Pulsar Statistics....Pages 161-172 Emission Mechanisms and Broad Band Spectra of Pulsars....Pages 173-184 Modeling Spectral Features from Isolated Neutron Stars....Pages 185-188 Formation and Evolution of Neutron Stars in Binary Systems....Pages 191-201 Accretion Disks....Pages 203-247 High Mass X-ray Binaries in LMC....Pages 249-252 Astrophysics with Lobster Telescopes....Pages 253-256 The Stability of Magnetized Rotating Plasmas with Strong Toroidal Fields....Pages 257-260 Accretion Powered X-Ray Pulsars....Pages 263-277 Delayed Iron Lines In GX 1+4....Pages 279-282 Timing Neutron Stars....Pages 283-310 Millisecond X-Ray Pulsars and QPOs....Pages 311-326 The Electromagnetic Spectrumof AXPS....Pages 329-338 The Distribution of Khz QPO Frequencies in Sco X-1....Pages 339-342 The Chandra X-Ray Observatory....Pages 345-356 The Integral Mission....Pages 357-369 Concluding Remarks....Pages 373-377 Edited By Altan Baykal ... [et Al.]. Published In Cooperation With Nato Public Diplomacy Division. This Volume Is Devoted To The Selected Lectures Presented In The 6th Nato Asi Series Entitled The Electrocmagnetic Spectrum Of Neutron Stars In Marmaris, Turkey, On 7-18 June 2004 -- Pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.