Geoff McNamara

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Clocks in the Sky: The Story of Pulsars (2008)Paperback - 2008, 17 November 2008

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Springer Praxis Books
Part of Series
Springer-Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy
Part of Series
Popular Astronomy
Print Length
190 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Praxis Publications Inc
Date Published
17 Nov 2008
ISBN-10
0387765603
ISBN-13
9780387765600

Description

Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, the collapsed cores of once massive stars that ended their lives as supernova explosions. Pulsar rotation rates can reach incredible speeds, up to hundreds of times per second. The story of how an object 'spins up' to a significant fraction of the speed of light is fascinating and involves collapsing stellar cores following supernova explosions, while the faster ones result from stellar cannibalism.

In this book, Geoff McNamara explores the history, subsequent discovery and contemporary research into pulsar astronomy. The story of pulsars is brought right up to date with the announcement in 2006 of a new breed of pulsar, Rotating Radio Transients (RRATs), which emit short bursts of radio signals separated by long pauses. These may outnumber conventional radio pulsars by a ratio of four to one. Geoff McNamara ends by pointing out that, despite the enormous success of pulsar research in the second half of the twentieth century, the real discoveries are yet to be made including, perhaps, the detection of the hypothetical pulsar black hole binary system by the proposed Square Kilometre Array - the largest single radio telescope in the world.

Product Details

Author:
Geoff McNamara
Book Edition:
2008
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
DE
Date Published:
17 November 2008
Dimensions:
24.33 x 16.76 x 1.3 cm
ISBN-10:
0387765603
ISBN-13:
9780387765600
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
190
Weight:
408.23 gm

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