Chapter 1 Star Deaths and the Formation of Compact Objects 1

Chapter 2 Cold Equation of State Below Neutron Drip 17

Chapter 3 White Dwarfs 55

Chapter 4 Cooling of White Dwarfs 82

Chapter 5 General Relativity 106

Chapter 6 The Equilibrium and Stability of Fluid Configurations 127

Chapter 7 Rotation and Magnetic Fields 162

Chapter 8 Cold Equation of State Above Neutron Drip 188

Chapter 9 Neutron Star Models: Masses and Radii 241

Chapter 10 Pulsars 267

Chapter 11 Cooling of Neutron Stars 306

Chapter 12 Black Holes 335

Chapter 13 Compact X-Ray Sources 370

Chapter 14 Accretion Onto Black Holes 403

Chapter 15 Accretion Onto Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs 450

Chapter 16 Gravitational Radiation 466

Chapter 17 Supermassive Stars and Black Holes 499

Chapter 18 Stellar Collapse and Supernova Explosions 512

Appendixes 543

References 593

Author Index 621

Subject Index 629