Michael Kramer, D. R. Lorimer, Duncan Lorimer

Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Radio pulsars are rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars. This comprehensive book brings together key observational techniques, background information and a review of the latest results, including the recent discovery of a double pulsar system. Useful software tools are provided to analyze example data, made available on a related website. The work will be of great value to graduate students and researchers wishing to carry out and interpret a wide variety of radio pulsar observations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9780521828239
• ISBN-10: 0521828236
• Artikelnr.: 21411443

Autorenporträt

Duncan Lorimer is a Senior Royal Society Research Fellow at Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Basic pulsar properties
2. Pulsars as physical tools
3. Theoretical background
4. Instrumentation for pulsar observations
5. Observing known pulsars
6. Finding new pulsars
7. Pulsar timing
8. Beyond single radio dishes
Appendix.