World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics - Vol. 33
FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF BLACK HOLES IN THE GALAXY
Selected Papers with Commentary
edited by H A Bethe (Cornell University, USA), G E Brown (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA) & C-H Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea)
In published papers H A Bethe and G E Brown worked out the collapse of large stars and supernova explosions. They went on to evolve binaries of compact stars, finding that in the standard scenario the first formed neutron star always went into a black hole in common envelope evolution. C-H Lee joined them in the study of black hole binaries and gamma ray bursts. They found the black holes to be the fossils of the gamma ray bursts. From their properties they could reconstruct features of the burst and of the accompanying hypernova explosions.
This invaluable book contains 23 papers on astrophysics, chiefly on compact objects, written over 23 years. The papers are accompanied by illuminating commentary. In addition there is an appendix on kaon condensation which the editors believe to be relevant to the equation of state in neutron stars, and to explain why black holes are formed at relatively low masses.
Contents:
- Equation of State in the Gravitational Collapse of Stars
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How a Supernova Explodes
- Neutron Star Accretion and Binary Pulsar Formation
- Mystery of the Missing Star
- The Evolution of Relativistic Binary Pulsars
- Supernova Explosions, Black Holes and Nucleon Stars
- Evolution of Binary Compact Objects That Merge
- Evolution of Black Holes in the Galaxy
- A Theory of Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Hypercritical Advection-Dominated Accretion Flow
- Formation of High-Mass X-Ray Black Hole Binaries
- and other papers
Readership: Researchers in astrophysics.
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Pub. date: Mar 2003 |
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