The Neutron Star--Black Hole Connection

by Chryssa Kouveliotou, Ed Van den Heuvel, Joseph Ventura

Book Overview

Set against the background of beautiful Mirabello Bay, astronomers from fourteen countries met at Elounda, Crete in the period 7-18June, 1999 to debate some of the most compelling issues of present day astrophysics. Neutron stars and black holes have been at the forefront of astrophysics for over thirty years. As recently as ten years ago it was still being debated whether galactic stellar-mass black holes existed or not.It is now generally accepted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140200205X
• ISBN13: 9781402002052
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"