Physics of relativistic objects in compact binaries : from birth to coalescence /

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Imprint:Dordrecht : Springer, c2009.
Description:xiv, 378 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Astrophysics and space science library ; 359
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7717499
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Other authors / contributors:Colpi, Monica.
ISBN:9781402092633 (hbk.)
1402092636 (hbk.)
1402092644 (ebk.)
9781402092640 (ebk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Binary Systems as Test-Beds of Gravity Theories
  • Exploiting Binary Pulsars as Laboratories of Gravity Theories
  • Perspective in the Search for Relativistic Pulsars
  • The Formation and Evolution of Relativistic Binaries
  • Dynamical Formation and Evolution of Neutron Star and Black Hole Binaries in Globular Clusters
  • Short Gamma Ray Bursts: Marking the Birth of Black Holes from Coalescing Compact Binaries
  • Strong Gravitational Field Diagnostics in Binary Systems Containing a Compact Object
  • White Dwarfs in Ultrashort Binary Systems
  • Binary Black Hole Coalescence
  • Index