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Neutron stars : the quest to understand the zombies of the cosmos / Katia Moskvitch.
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Moskvitch, Katia, author.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
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Neutron stars.
Pulsars.
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9780674919358 (hardcover) :
0674919351 (hardcover) :
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296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Contents:
A collision that shook the cosmos -- Deeper dive: the origin of gold -- Deeper dive: why was the kilonova blue? -- Discovering neutron stars . . . and little green men -- Deeper dive: the interstellar medium, the home of neutron stars -- When stars go boom -- Deeper dive: pulsar kicks -- Deeper dive: the death of massive stars -- Zombies and starquakes -- Deeper dive: the multibeam -- Deeper dive: the exotic world of x-ray sources -- Deeper dive: pulsar timing -- A journey to the center of the neutron star -- How neutron stars keep spoiling dark matter theories -- When pulsars have planets -- The giant scientific tools of the universe -- Deeper dive: Kepler's laws and beyond -- Fast radio bursts, an unfinished chapter.
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"Neutron stars, the ultra-dense remnants of exploded stellar giants, are among the most fascinating objects in the cosmos. Katia Moskvitch introduces readers to their astonishing qualities and follows the scientists who are discovering what neutron stars can tell us about the mysteries of dark matter, black holes, and general relativity"--
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