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Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars
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Star Deaths and the Formation of Compact Objects.

Cold Equation of State Below Neutron Drip.

White Dwarfs.

Cooling of White Dwarfs.

General Relativity.

The Equilibrium and Stability of Fluid Configurations.

Rotation and Magnetic Fields.

Cold Equation of State Above Neutron Drip.

Neutron Star Models: Masses and Radii.

Pulsars.

Cooling of Neutron Stars.

Black Holes.

Compact X-Ray Sources.

Accretion Onto Black Holes.

Accretion Onto Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs.

Gravitational Radiation.

Supermassive Stars and Black Holes.

Stellar Collapse and Supernova Explosions.

Appendixes.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

About the Author

Stuart Louis Shapiro is an American theoretical astrophysicist, who works on numerical relativity with applications in astrophysics, specialising in compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes. Saul A. Teukolsky is the author of Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects, published by Wiley.

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