Compact stellar X-ray sources / edited by Walter Lewin & Michiel van der Klis.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Accreting neutron stars and black holes : a decade of discoveries / Dimitrios Psaltis -- Rapid X-ray variability / M. van der Klis -- New views of thermonuclear bursts / Tod Strohmayer and Lars Bildsten -- Black hole binaries / Jeffrey E. McClintock and Ronald A. Remillard -- Optical, ultraviolet, and infrared observations of X-ray binaries / P.A. Charles and M.J. Coe -- Fast X-ray transients and X-ray flashes / John Heise and Jean in 't Zand -- Isolated neutron stars / Victoria M. Kaspi, Mallory S.E. Roberts, and Alice K. Harding -- Globular cluster X-ray sources / Frank Verbunt and Walter H.G. Lewin -- Jets from X-ray binaries / Rob Fender -- X-rays from cataclysmic variables / Erik Kuulkers [and others] -- Super-soft sources / P. Kahabka and E.P.J. van den Heuvel -- Compact stellar X-ray sources in normal galaxies / G. Fabbiano and N.E. White -- Accretion in compact binaries / A.R. King -- Soft gamma repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars : magnetar candidates / P.M. Woods and C. Thompson -- Cosmic gamma-ray bursts, their afterglows, and their host galaxies / K. Hurley, R. Sari, and S.G. Djorgovski -- Formation and evolution of compact stellar X-ray sources / T.M. Tauris and E.P.J. van den Heuvel.

X-ray astronomy is the prime available window on astrophysical compact objects: black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs. New observational opportunities have led to an explosion of knowledge in this field. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the astrophysics of compact objects that emit X-rays. Sixteen chapters written by the foremost experts in the field cover the observations and the astrophysical interpretation of these objects. Topics covered include binary systems, gamma ray burst sources, anomalous X-ray pulsars, super-soft sources, and enigmatic fast X-ray transients. Further chapters are dedicated to isolated neutron stars and the X-ray source populations of globular clusters. The properties of X-ray binaries are discussed in depth in chapters on quasi-periodic oscillations and related aperiodic X-ray variability, X-ray bursts, black holes, and relativistic jets. This is a valuable reference for both graduate students and active researchers.