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Dense Matter in Compact Stars

A Pedagogical Introduction

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Andreas Schmitt

    1. , Institute for Theoretical Physics, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  • The most elementary and concise introduction to this topic
  • Guides the reader rapidly towards a level suitable for own research through a "learning by doing" approach
  • Written in a style suitable as either textbook or for self-study
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 811)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Andreas Schmitt
    Pages 1-6

  3. Mass and Radius of the Star

    • Andreas Schmitt
    Pages 7-27

  4. Basic Models and Properties of Dense Nuclear Matter

    • Andreas Schmitt
    Pages 29-59

  5. Superconductivity and Superfluidity in a Compact Star

    • Andreas Schmitt
    Pages 61-94

  6. Neutrino Emissivity and Cooling of the Star

    • Andreas Schmitt
    Pages 95-111

  7. Discussion

    • Andreas Schmitt
    Pages 113-121

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 123-147
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The purpose and motivation of these lectures can be summarized in the following two questions: • What is the ground state (and its properties) of dense matter? • What is the matter composition of a compact star? The two questions are, of course, strongly coupled to each other. Depending on your point of view, you can either consider the ?rst as the main question and the second as a consequence or application of the ?rst, or vice versa. If you are interested in fundamental questions in particle physics you may take the former point of view: you ask the question what happens to matter if you squeeze it more and more. This leads to fundamental questions because at some level of suf?cient squeezing you expect to reach the point where the fundamental degrees of freedom and their interactions become important. That is, at some point you will reach a form of matter where not molecules or atoms, but the constituents of an atom, namely neutrons, protons, and electrons, are the relevant degrees of freedom.

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  • , Institute for Theoretical Physics, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Andreas Schmitt

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