Overview
- Explores the channels of formation of double pulsar/neutron star systems in the Galactic field
- Reviews from an observational and theoretical perspective the status of research on stellar binary evolution across its complex stages
- Explores the formation of double pulsar/neutron star systems and black hole neutron star binaries in globular clusters through dynamical interactions
- Examines relativistic effects in accreting X-ray Binaries
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 359)
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Monica Colpi is professor in stellar astronomy and relativistic astrophysics at the Department of Physics of the University of Milano Bicocca, Italy. Born in 1957 in Rovereto (TN), she graduated in physics in 1982 and earned her Ph.D. degree in 1987 at the University of Milano. She has been a visiting scientist at Cornell University and postdoctoral fellow at the International School for Advanced Study (ISAS/SISSA) in Trieste. Since 1991 she has been a permanent staff member at the University of Milano. Monica Colpi is author of numerous scientific papers published in international journals, mainly in the fields of high energy astrophysics and compact objects. She has contributed relevant studies on the theory of accretion; the secular/dynamical/internal evolution of neutron stars in the Milky Way, from magnetars to pulsars and x-ray sources; the structure and stability of neutron stars; on boson stars; on black holes and neutron stars natal kicks ; and on the dynamics of massive black holes in merging galaxies and dense stellar systems, in the context of models for the formation of galactic structures.
Monica Colpi is a member of the board of the Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitational Physics and co-chairperson of the Society’s Graduate School in Contemporary Relativity and Gravitational Physics which takes place biannually at the Alessandro Volta Center for Scientific Culture in Villa Olmo, Como, Italy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: from Birth to Coalescence
Editors: Monica Colpi, Piergiorgio Casella, Vittorio Gorini, Ugo Moschella, Andrea Possenti
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9264-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9263-3Published: 27 March 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-8957-9Published: 06 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9264-0Published: 28 March 2009
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 378
Additional Information: Jointly published with Canopus Publishing Limited, Bristol, UK
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Astrophysics and Astroparticles