Radio pulsars are rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars. This comprehensive book brings together key observational techniques, background information and a review of the latest results, including the recent discovery of a double pulsar system. Useful software tools are provided to analyze example data, made available on a related website. The work will be of great value to graduate students and researchers wishing to carry out and interpret a wide variety of radio pulsar observations.
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Radio pulsars are rapidly rotating highly magnetized neutron stars. This comprehensive book is a unique resource that brings together the key observational techniques, background information and a review of the latest results, including the recent discovery of a double pulsar system. Useful software tools are provided which can be used to analyse example data, made available on a related website. This work will be of great value not only to graduate students but also to researchers wishing to carry out and interpret a wide variety of radio pulsar observations.
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This review is from: Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy (Cambridge Observing Handbooks for Research Astronomers) (Hardcover)
The coolest aspect of the book is its tight integration with the associated website that has scads of observational data. Along with various software that lets you analyse the data for yourself. Any of you in research who've had to write software should appreciate the amount of effort that has gone into the coding of that software.
The book also provides you with a very recent (2004) assessment of the best current understanding of pulsars. With many references to the original research papers. But the combination of text and website is a harbinger of future astronomy books, as volumes of data keep increasing. Traditional texts gave you no such access.
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Observations of radio pulsars carried out over the past four decades have provided a wealth of information about the properties of neutron stars. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
double pulsar system, pulsar profiles, open field line region, normal pulsars, integrated pulse profile, folded profile, weak scintillation, pulsar observations, pulsar astronomy, geodetic precession, young neutron stars, pulsar surveys, pulsar magnetosphere, millisecond pulsars, mean flux density, strong scintillation, acceleration search, periastron advance, pulsar timing, timing noise, braking index, radio pulsars, new pulsars, young pulsars, emission height Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Observations of radio pulsars carried out over the past four decades have provided a wealth of information about the properties of neutron stars. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
double pulsar system, pulsar profiles, open field line region, normal pulsars, integrated pulse profile, folded profile, weak scintillation, pulsar observations, pulsar astronomy, geodetic precession, young neutron stars, pulsar surveys, pulsar magnetosphere, millisecond pulsars, mean flux density, strong scintillation, acceleration search, periastron advance, pulsar timing, timing noise, braking index, radio pulsars, new pulsars, young pulsars, emission height Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Pulsar Astronomy (Cambridge Astrophysics) by Andrew G. Lyne on 4 pages
- Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing by William H. Press on page 163, and Back Matter
- The Physics of Compact Objects (Advances in Space Research) by N. E. White on page 84, and Back Matter
- Physics of the Pulsar Magnetosphere by A. V. Gurevich on page 84, and Back Matter
- Black Holes, White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects by Stuart L. Shapiro on page 84, and Back Matter
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