This volume is published in honor of Friedrich Hund's 100th birthday. It is a modern review on matter at high densities and pressures in astrophysics from Hund's early contribution to present-day ideas. The relation between the equation of state and the structure of compact cosmic objects is discussed, and two main contributions deal with the equation of state of baryonic matter at nuclear densities and with the numerical solution of the general relativistic field equations for non-rotating and rapidly rotating neutron stars. In a final chapter the present state of asteroseismology is presented as a tool to explore the interior of cosmic objects by analyzing the observed free oscillations of the Earth, the Sun, and white dwarf stars.

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Book Title: Matter at High Densities in Astrophysics
Book Subtitle: Compact Stars and the Equation of State
Authors: Harald Riffert, Herbert Müther, Heinz Herold, Hanns Ruder
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0108714
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1996
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-14090-1Published: 13 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-48454-7Published: 19 August 2008
Series ISSN: 0081-3869
Series E-ISSN: 1615-0430
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 275
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations
Topics: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Nuclear Fusion, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The equation of state and the structure of cosmic objects

Nuclear equations of state

Neutron stars: Spherically symmetric and rotating models

Asteroseismology

Back Matter

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