Physics of the Pulsar Magnetosphere
Physics of the Pulsar Magnetosphere
V. S. Beskin, P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow
Ya. N Istomin, P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow
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USDThis book presents the theory of the electrodynamic phenomena which occur in the magnetosphere of a pulsar. It also provides a clear picture of the formation and evolution of neutron stars. The authors address the basic physical processes of electron-positron plasma production, the generation of electric fields and currents, and the emission of radio waves and gamma rays. The book also reviews observational data, and devotes a complete chapter to a detailed comparison of this data with accepted theory and with some recent theoretical predictions. Tables containing the values of the physical parameters of all observed radio pulsars are also provided. The book is illustrated throughout and is fully referenced. Graduate students and researchers in astrophysics and plasma physics working in the field of radio pulsars will find this book of great value.
- The definitive account of the physics of the pulsar magnetosphere
- Illustrated throughout and fully referenced
Reviews & endorsements
"...a concise and relatively thorough review of the observational characteristics of pulsars....an important contribution to the literature and will be an essential addition to the libraries of all those active in either observations or modeling of pulsars." Donald B. Melrose, Science
"This book will be of interest to the tiny community of theoretical physicists interested in the difficult task of constructing an adequate theory of the radio emission from rotation-powered pulsars. It is exemplary in its attempt to explain in full detail the authors' own attempt to construct such a theory and compare it to observation." Jonathan Arons, Physics Today
Product details
November 2006Paperback
9780521032537
436 pages
228 × 151 × 24 mm
0.64kg
125 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- List of notation
- Constants and quantities
- 1. Basic observational characteristics of radio pulsars
- 2. Neutron stars
- 3. Physical processes in the pulsar magnetosphere
- 4. Electrodynamics of the pulsar magnetosphere
- 5. Generation of electron-positron plasma in the pulsar magnetosphere
- 6. Pulsar radio emission
- 7. Comparison of theory with observational data
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- References
- Additional literature
- Author index
- Subject index.
