The Physics and Astrophysics of Neutron Stars, 1st ed. 2018 Astrophysics and Space Science Library Series, Vol. 457

This book summarizes the recent progress in the physics and astrophysics of neutron stars and, most importantly, it identifies and develops effective strategies to explore, both theoretically and observationally, the many remaining open questions in the field.

Because of its significance in the solution of many fundamental questions in nuclear physics, astrophysics and gravitational physics, the study of neutron stars has seen enormous progress over the last years and has been very successful in improving our understanding in these fascinating compact objects.

The book was initiated by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action MP1304 ?Exploring fundamental physics with compact stars? (NewCompStar).

1.  Neutron stars formation and Core Collapse Supernovae

    P. Cerda'-Duran (ES), TBD

2.  Strongly magnetized pulsars: explosive events and evolution

    Gourgouliatos (UK), P. Esposito (NL)

3.  Radio pulsars: testing gravity and detecting GWs

    D. Perrodin (IT), A. Sesana (UK) (TBC)

4.  Accreting pulsars: mixing-up accretion phases in transitional systems

    Di Salvo (IT), S. Campana (IT)

5.  Testing the EOS with electromagnetic observations

    N. Degenaar (UK), Juri Poutanen (FI)

6.  Nuclear EOS for Compact Stars & Supernovae

    A. Fantina (FR), F. Burgio (I)

7.  Low-energy QCD & Super-dense matter

    D. Blaschke (PL), C. Pethick (DK)

8.  Superfluidity & Superconductivity in Compact Stars

    B. Haskell (PL), A. Sedrakian (D)

9.  Transport phenomena & reactions rates for Compact Stars & Supernovae

    P. Shternin (RU), A. Schmitt (UK)

10. GW emission from merging BNSs

    T. Hinderer (D), L. Rezzolla (D)

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11. EM emission and nucleosynthesis from BNSs

    A. Arcones (D) B. Giacomazzo (I)

12. GW emission from single neutron stars

    L. Gualtieri (I), K. Glampedakis (ES)

13. Universal relations and Alternative Gravity Theories

    D. Doneva (BG), G. Pappas (PT)

Prof. Luciano Rezzolla is Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Frankfurt, Germany and Senior Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies (FIAS). Since November 2013 he is the Chair of NewCompStar, a COST Action that brings together the leading experts in astrophysics, nuclear physics and gravitational physics to address this research area through an interdisciplinary approach. Professor Rezzolla is a relativistic astrophysicist and uses Einstein's theory of general relativity to describe and explain high-energy astronomical observations of black holes and neutron stars. He combines analytical perturbative tools with numerical nonlinear simulations in which he solves Einstein equations together with those of relativistic hydrodynamics or magnetohydrodynamics. In October 2014 he was awarded an ERC Synergy Grant and the Schwarzschild Prize in 2017. He is presently the Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Frankfurt.

Prof. Pierre M. Pizzochero is Associate Professor of Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics at the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. He is member of the Theory Group at the Physics Department, where he also teaches Relativistic Nuclear Astrophysics. He is associated to the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, which funds the Italian research in Astro-particle Theoretical Physics. Under the early mentoring of Gerald E. Brown and Hans A. Bethe, his research activity has focused on the physics of Compact Stars, in particular Supernova theory, neutrino astrophysics, cooling of compact objects, superfluid properties of dense matter and physics of Pulsar glitches. His interest is both in the microscopic quantum properties of gravitationally compressed matter and in the semi-analytic modelling of astrophysical phenomena depending on such properties. Professor Pizzochero is one of the founders of the European network CompStar, which now connects the majority of European scientists

Offers an authoritative and current overview of the physics and astrophysics of neutron stars

Discusses testing of gravity with the aid of pulsars

Explores the timely topic of gravitational wave emission of merging or single neutron stars