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1 PHYSICS of NEUTRON STARS Edited by A. M. Kaminker NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC.
2 CONTENTS SUPERNOVA 1987A AND FORMATION OF ROTATING NEUTRON STARS 1 V. S. Imshennik and D. K. Nadyozhin SUPERNOVA 1987A: FORMATION OF HARD X-RAY AND GAMMA EMISSION SPECTRA 21 S. A. Grebenev and R. A. Sunyaev HARD X-RAY RADIATION FROM SUPERNOVA 1987A 33 R. A. Sunyaev, A. S. Kaniovskiy, V.V. Efremov, S. M. Yumin, A. V. Kuznetzov, V. M. Loznikov, A. S. Melioranskiy, A. V. Prudkoglad, K. Pep-pin, V. Pitch, J. Anglehouser, I. Trumper, V. Voges, A. Kendzorra, M. Bezler, R. Stauberg X-RAY PULSARS 41 V. G. Kurt and E. Yu Shafer HER X-l/HZ HER: 35-day CYCLE, FREELY PRECESSING NEUTRON STAR AND ACCOMPANYING EFFECTS 55 N. I. Shakura X-RAY BURSTERS 59 E. V. Ergma SPECTRA OF BURSTERS IN FLASHES AND A CONTINUOUS EMISSION MODE 69 L. G. Titarcln.uk GENERATION OF GAMMA-RADIATION BY NEUTRON STARS 77 I. G. Mitrofanov DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC CASCADES IN A NEUTRON STAR CRUST 87 S. V. Bogovalov and Yu. D. Kotov ELEMENTARY PROCESSES OF GENERATION OF HIGH-ENERGY RADIATION IN A NEUTRON STAR CRUST 97 S. V. Bogovalov, I. O. Zhukovskii, S. R. Kelner and Yu. D. Kotov RAPID SPECTRAL VARIABIUTY OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTERS 101 V. Sh. Dolidze, A. A. Kozlenkov, R. N. Kucherova, I. G. Mitrofanov, A. S. Pozanenko, A. M. Chernenko, C. Barat, G. Vedrenne, M. Niel and K. Hurley
3 MECHANISM OF CHARGED PARTICLE EJECTION IN RADIOPULSARS 107 A. G. Muslimov and A. I. Tzygan TWO-STREAM INSTABILITY IN INHOMOGENEOUS ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA OF PULSAR MAGNETOSPHERES 115 V. N. Ursov and V. V. Usov GENERATION OF WAVES IN PULSAR MAGNETOSPHERES 119 A. Z. Kazbegi, G. Z. Machebeli and G. I. Melikidze RADIO- AND OPTICAL RADIATION OF PULSARS CAUSED BY THE MODULATION INSTABILITY OF HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSVERSE WAVES 123 A. D. Pataraya and T. A. Pataraya COMPARISON OF SOME PULSAR MODELS WITH OBSERVATIONAL DATA 127 I. F. Malov A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN TRANSVERSE VELOCITIES AND MAGNETIC FIELDS OF PULSARS 131 B. M. Vladimirskii RESOLUTION OF RADIATING REGION OF THE MAGNETOSPHERE OF PSR O. A. Kuz'min A GLITCH IN THE PULSAR PSR T. V. Shabanova A DECREASE OF THE ROTATION DECELERATION OF PSR MAY BE CAUSED BY CHANGE OF THE PHASE STATE OF THE NEUTRON STAR CRUST 147 A. D. Kuz'min OPTICAL LIGHT CURVE OF THE CRAB PULSAR WITH RESOLUTION 3.3 is 151 V. F. Shvartsman, G. M. Beskin and V. L. Plokhotnichenko A SEARCH FOR PULSED OPTICAL RADIATION FROM THE MILLISECOND PULSAR PSR V. F. Shvartsman, G. M. Beskin, S. I. Neizvestnyi and V. L. Plokhotnichenko GENERATION OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE CRAB NEBULA BY THE PULSAR PSR E. G. Tsikarishvili, G. D. Chagelishvili, O. V. Chedia, J. G. Lominadze and Z. A. Sokhadze
4 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE KVANT MISSION 163 R. Sunyaev, E. Ghurazov, V. Efremov, M. Gilfanov, S. Grebenev, A. Kaniovsky, D. Stepanov, S. Yunin, A. Kuznetsov, A. Melioransky, N. Jamburenko, S. Kiselev, L. Lapshov, N. Pappe, M. Boyarsky, V. Loznikov, A. Prudkoglyand, O. Terekhov (USSR), C. Reppin, W. Pietsch, J. Englhauser, ]. Truemper, W. Voges, E. Kendziorra, M. Bezler, R. Staubert (FRG), A. C. Brinkman, J. Heise, W. A. Mels, R. Jager (The Netherlands), G. K. Skinner, O. Al-Emam, T. G. Patterson, A. P. Willmore (UK), A. Smith and A. Parmar (ESTEC) TO THE MECHANISM OF THE SN 1987A BURST 179 E. K. Grasberg and D. K. Nadyozhin ON POSSIBLE DETECTION OF PULSED HIGH FREQUENCY RADIATION FROM SN 1987A 183 A. Z. Kazbegi, G. Z. Machabeli and G. I. Melikidze NONEQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES OF NEUTRON STARS 187 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan NEUTRON STARS CONTAINING PION CONDENSATE 195 Yu. L. Vartanyan and G. B. Alaverdyan ON SELF-ABSORPTION OF GAMMA RADIATION OF NEUTRON STARS 207 A. A. Kozlenkov and I. G. Mitrofanov ON SYNCHROTRON GAMMA RADIATION OF NEUTRON STARS 213 J. G. Mitrofanov and A. S. Pozanenko i TWO-PHOTON ANNIHILATION RADIATION OF ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA IN MAGNETIC FIELDS OF NEUTRON STARS 219 A. D. Kaminker, P. G. Mamradze and G. G. Pavlov CYCLOTRON RADIATION OF PLASMA WITH ANISOTROPIC TEMPERATURE IN MAGNETIC FIELDS OF NEUTRON STARS 229 V. G. Beschastnov and G. G. Pavlov INTERACTION OF RADIATION AT CYCLOTRON HARMONICS IN ACCRETING PLASMA OF X-RAY PULSARS 235 A. A. Litvinchuk and V. V. Chugurin PROPERTIES OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES IN MAGNETIC FIELDS OF NEUTRON STARS 239 V. K. Khersonskii PULSAR IN CRAB NEBULA AGAINST LIGHT DIBARIONS 251 M. I. Krivoruchenko ELECTRODYNAMICS OF NEUTRINO IN DISPERSIVE MEDIA 255 V. N. Oraevskii, V. B. Semikoz and A. Ya. Smorodinskii
5 ON THERMAL EFFECT OF ELECTRON CAPTURE REACTION IN DEGENERATE MATTER 263 M. A. Rudzskii and E. F. Seidov ON POSSIBLE RESONANCE FREQUENCY (4.9 Hz) OF NEUTRON STARS 267 V. A. Kotov and V. P. Fomin NEUTRON STAR EVOLUTION IN MASSIVE BINARY SYSTEMS 271 V. M. Lipunov, K. A. Postnov and M. E. Prokhorov DISC ACCRETION OF A MAGNETIZED PLASMA ONTO A NEUTRON STAR WITH A STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD 273 G. D. Chagalishvili ON POSSIBLE NATURE OF QUASIPERIODIC OSCILLATIONS OF LUMINOSITY IN X-RAY SOURCES 277 A. G. Muslimov SUBJECT INDEX 279
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