Index
A
Accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars (AMXPs),
144
Accretion disk, 144, 266
Accretion environment, 230–235
Accretion-powered pulsations, 192
Accretion torques, 168–180
Anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs), 99
Aperiodic variability, 153, 194–196
Axes alignment, 189
B
Base heating, 215–216
Blackbody, 217
Black widow pulsars, 14
Broad-band noise, 269
Burst ignition, 211–216
Burst oscillations, 192–194
C
Central compact objects (CCOs), 55, 112
Chirp mass, 35
Coalescing binaries, 35–38
Colour-colour diagram, 271
Compton hump, 313
Comptonization, 156
Compton scattering, 230
Cooling, 230
Cooling neutron stars, 18–22
Cooling of neutron stars, 29–35
Core–envelope coupling, 124
Corona, 188
D
Degeneracy, 36
Dipole, 114
Dispersion measure (DM), 55
Donor, 158
Doppler-corrected observing frequency, 75
Doppler delays, 151
Double neutron star (DNS), 64
Double pulsar, 84
E
Eddington, 78
Eddington luminosity, 15
Electron cyclotron energy, 19
Electron degeneracy, 222
Equation of state (EoS), 38, 144
F
Fermi energy, 9
Fourier PDS, 267
Fourier power spectrum, 267
Fractional rms, 268
G
Giant flares, 103–106
Glitch, 111
Globular cluster, 149
Gravitational light bending, 188–189
Gravitational separation, 215–216
Gravitational waves, 35–38
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A
Accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars (AMXPs),
144
Accretion disk, 144, 266
Accretion environment, 230–235
Accretion-powered pulsations, 192
Accretion torques, 168–180
Anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs), 99
Aperiodic variability, 153, 194–196
Axes alignment, 189
B
Base heating, 215–216
Blackbody, 217
Black widow pulsars, 14
Broad-band noise, 269
Burst ignition, 211–216
Burst oscillations, 192–194
C
Central compact objects (CCOs), 55, 112
Chirp mass, 35
Coalescing binaries, 35–38
Colour-colour diagram, 271
Compton hump, 313
Comptonization, 156
Compton scattering, 230
Cooling, 230
Cooling neutron stars, 18–22
Cooling of neutron stars, 29–35
Core–envelope coupling, 124
Corona, 188
D
Degeneracy, 36
Dipole, 114
Dispersion measure (DM), 55
Donor, 158
Doppler-corrected observing frequency, 75
Doppler delays, 151
Double neutron star (DNS), 64
Double pulsar, 84
E
Eddington, 78
Eddington luminosity, 15
Electron cyclotron energy, 19
Electron degeneracy, 222
Equation of state (EoS), 38, 144
F
Fermi energy, 9
Fourier PDS, 267
Fourier power spectrum, 267
Fractional rms, 268
G
Giant flares, 103–106
Glitch, 111
Globular cluster, 149
Gravitational light bending, 188–189
Gravitational separation, 215–216
Gravitational waves, 35–38
© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021
T. M. Belloni et al. (eds.), Timing Neutron Stars: Pulsations, Oscillations
and Explosions, Astrophysics and Space Science Library 461,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62110-3
333