The Origin and Evolution of Neutron Stars: Proceedings of the 125th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Nanjing, China, May 26-3

ISBN-13: 9789027725387 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 572 str.

International Astronomical Union; D. J. Helfand; J. -H Huang

Opis

The publication of this volume coincides with the 55th anni versary of the discovery of the neutron and Landau's suggestion at the time that one could make stars out of the new particles. This year also marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the detection of Sco X-I, the first known X-ray binary system, and follows by just twenty years Jocelyn Bell Burnell's discovery of that "little bit of scruff" o her chart record that led to the recognition of radio pulsars. As Q. Y. Qu, President of Nanjing University noted in his welcoming address, however, Chinese astronomers have been observing the consequences of neutron star formation for several millenia. It was appropriate, then, that this Symposium, the first Interna tional Astronomical Union meeting ever to be held in the Peoples Republic of China, be devoted to the topic of neutron stars. IAU Symposium Number 125, "The Origin and Evolution of Neutron Stars," was convened on the morning of May 26, 1986 at Nanj ing University, Nanjing, Peoples Republic of China. One hundred and thirty-nine participants from fifteen countries, including over eighty-five scientists who were visiting China for the first time, met each day for the following week to discuss where neutron stars come from, how they evolve, and where they go. The meeting was judged, by unanimous acclaim of the participants, to be a scienti fic, cultural, and culinary success."

Recenzje

`... a valuable reference source for researchers with an interest in neutron stars, and on informative introduction to the field for the graduate student and for the specialist from another discipline wishing to gain experience.'
Physics Briefs, 10 (1988)
`In these days of prolific publication, it is a relief to find a complete picture of the state of research in a well-defined subject. ... As usual, the editors, the IAU, and Reidel have done a good job, and we have another excellent conference report, which I recommend without reserve.'
Journal of the British Astronomical Association (1988)

Spis treści

I. Rotation-Powered Pulsars.- The Population.- Pulsar Surveys.- Millisecond Pulsar Surveys.- The Kinematics of Pulsars.- Interstellar Scintillations and Neutron Star Kinematics.- A Deep Search for Young Pulsars in the Galactic Plane at 1400 MHz (abstract).- Progenitors of the Local Pulsars: Lower Mass Limit and Beaming Factor (abstract).- The Relation Between Radio Luminosity and Magnetic Field in Rotation-Powered Pulsars (abstract).- Does the Radio Luminosity of Pulsar Grow up in its Later Stage? (abstract).- A Few Remarks on the Two Types of Pulsars (abstract).- The Kinematic Properties of Two Pulsar Types (abstract).- Toward an Empirical Theory of Pulsar Emission (abstract).- Radio Emission Mechanisms for Two Types of Pulsars abstract).- Pulse Asymmetry of Millisecond Pulsars (abstract).- Pulsar Polarization Limiting Radii and the Evolution of Pulsar Beams (abstract).- Polarization Angle Swings Rediscussed (abstract).- Triplicity of Pulsar Profiles and Orthogonal Polarization Modes (abstract).- The Effects of Inverse Compton Scattering on the Pulsars’ Radiation (abstract).- The Geometric Study of Drifting Subpulses (abstract).- Pair Production in Intense Electromagnetic Fields of Pulsars (abstract).- A Modified Pulsar Model, Green Function, Period Distribution (abstract).- A Massive Glitch in PSR 0355+54 (abstract).- A Large Timing Discontinuity in the Vela Pulsar, July 1985 (abstract).- Pulsars and Supernova Remnants.- The Galactic Pulsar Population and Neutron Star Birth.- Neutron Star Coupling to its Environment.- Crab-Like Supernova Remnants.- Neutron Stars in Twelve Supernova Remnants.- The Progenitors of Pulsars.- Distribution of Two Types of Pulsars in Comparison with that of SNRs (abstract).- The Structure of Pulsar Nebulae (abstract).- High-Resolution Radio Observations of the Crablike Supernova Remnant 3C 58 (abstract).- Search for Plerions in the Direction of Two Young Pulsars (abstract).- Supernova Remnants with Radio Jets (abstract).- The Evolution of Young Supernova Remnants (abstract).- On the Origin of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant (abstract).- The X-ray Spectra of Tycho and SN1006 (abstract).- The Galactic Sources G5.4–1.2 and G5.27–0.90 (abstract).- Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Clouds Observed at the Molonglo Observatory (abstract).- A Statistical Study of the Correlation Between Galactic SNRs and Spiral Arms (abstract).- II. Accretion Powered Pulsars.- The Population.- Accreting Neutron Stars.- Population of Accreting Neutron Stars in External Galaxies.- Observations of X-ray Burst Sources.- On the Origin of Neutron Stars in Globular Clusters.- The Globular Cluster Population of X-ray Binaries.- Hardness Ratio in Evolving Low-Mass X-ray Binary Systems (abstract).- Results of the Timing Analyses of X-ray Pulsars Observed by Hakucho and Tenma (abstract).- Herculis XI :Results and Interpretation (abstract).- A Hard X-ray Observation of Cyg X-1 in 1985 (abstract).- The X-ray Transient EXO 2030+375 (abstract).- Analysis of X-ray Spectrum for Globular Cluster M15 X-ray Source (abstract).- Theoretical Considerations.- Accretion onto Magnetized Neutron Stars: Polar Cap Flow and Centrifugally Driven Winds.- Line Radiation from Accreting Magnetized Neutron Stars.- X-ray Bursting Neutron Stars.- Polar Cap Accretion onto Magnetized Neutron Stars: An Analytic Solution (abstract).- Radiation Gas Dynamics of Polar Cap Accretion onto Magnetized Neutron Stars (abstract).- X-ray Irradiated Accretion Disk and Bimodal States (abstract).- An Inverse Corapton Scattering Model for the Spectra of X-ray Pulsars (abstract).- The X-ray Radiation Mechanism of the Compact (Neutron) Binary Stars (abstract).- X-ray Spectra and Atmospheric Structures of Bursting Neutron Stars (abstract).- Model Atmospheres for X-ray Bursting Neutron Stars (abstract).- III. Neutron Star Formation in Theoretical Supernovae.- The Birth of Neutron Stars.- Numerical Experiments and Neutron Star Formation.- Neutron Star Formation in Theoretical Supernovae — Low Mass Stars and White Dwarfs.- Ancient Guest Stars as Harbingers of Neutron Star Formation.- IV. Neutron Stellar Evolution.- Quasi Periodic Oscillations as a Clue to Field and Spin Evolution.- Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Low-Mass X-ray Binaries.- Observations of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Cyg X-2.- The Beat Frequency Model for QPOs.- Quasi-Periodic Oscillations.- On the Long Term Stability of Neutron Star Magnetic Fields (abstract).- On the Evolution of Magnetic Inclination with Age (abstract).- Timescale for the Decay of Magnetic Fields of Pulsars (abstract).- Tortion Influence on the Magnetic Field of Rotating Neutron Stars (abstract).- Evolution in Binaries.- Binary Pulsars: Observations and Implications.- Millisecond Pulsar Formation and Evolution.- Secondary Components of Binary Pulsars and Magnetic Field Decay in Neutron Stars (abstract).- Monte Carlo Simulations of Radio Pulsars and Their Progenitors (abstract).- Constraints to Possible Progenitor Systems of PSR 1831-00 (abstract).- Geodetic Precession in Binary Pulsars (abstract).- V. Neutron Star Physics.- Neutron Star Interiors.- Two Types of Pulsars.- Neutron Star Cooling: Criticical Test of Dense Matter Physics.- Neutron Stars Formed from Supernova Explosion and Quark Matter (abstract).- The Problem of Solidification in Neutron Stars (abstract).- Interior Structures for Two Types of Pulsars (abstract).- Modes of Energy Loss from Isolated Magnetized Neutron Star (abstract).- Effects of Magnetization on Structure Parameters of Neutron Stars (abstract).- Synchro-Curvature Radiation and Magnetic Pair Production of Relativistic Electrons in Strong Curved Magnetic Fields (abstract).- Inverse Compton Scattering in Strong Magnetic Fields: Applied to the Radiation Mechanism of PSR 0531+21 (abstract).- The Nutations of Neutron Stars and Core-Crust Coupling (abstract).- The Spin-Torsion Coupling Precession of Spin and its Effects on Single Pulses of Pulsars (abstract).- Neutron Star Cooling and the Vela Pulsar (abstract).- Einstein Observatory Limits on Neutron Star Surface Temperatures (abstract).- Thermal Radiation from a Radio Pulsar: PSRI055-52 (abstract).- Model Atmospheres for Cooling Neutron Stars (abstract).- The Neutron Stars with Magnetic Charges (abtract).- The Nonlinear Dispersion Relation and the Relationship of the Forming Soliton Area to the Evolution of Pulsars (abstract).- VI: Other Manifestations of Neutron Stars and their Place in Neutron Star Evolution.- Neutron Stars and Gamma-Rays.- A Review of Gamma-Ray Burst Observations.- Some Constraints on Neutron Star Properties from Gamma Ray Burster Observations.- Theory of Gamma Ray Bursters.- Cygnus X-3 and Other Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources.- A New Aspect of Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission — SNRs in a Tenuous Medium?.- EXOSAT News on Geminga (abstract).- The Origin of the Enhanced Dissipation “alpha” in Accretion Discs and its Relation to Gamma Bursts (abstract).- Inverse Compton Model of Gamma Ray Burst Spectra (abstract).- A Model for the 1979 March 5 Gamma-Ray Transient (abstract).- New Distance Limit for the 3-5-79 Source (abstract).- What Type of Binary System is Cygnus X-3? (abstract).- On the Phases of Period Variation of SS433 (abstract).- Production and Interaction of High Energy Neutrinos in Close X-ray Binaries (abstract).- An Experiment for Observing VHE Gamma Ray Sources (abstract).- High Energy Cosmic Rays from Young Neutron Stars (abstract).- Cosmic Ray Particle Acceleration in Pulsar Magnetospheres (abstract).- Observations of Neutron Stars Planned by the High Speed Photometer Team Using Space Telescope (abstract).- Epilogue.- Where Neutron Stars Come From, How Neutron Stars Evolve, and Where Neutron Stars Go.