Los Alamos Science 1986 №13

Astrophysics. Published by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1986, 98 p.
Popular science magazine about new achievements in physics, experimental techniques and computer simulation.
LANL has long been a home to astrophysics research because the physical phenomena key to the performance of nuclear weapons-thermonuclear fusion, implosion and explosion, shock waves, hot plasmas, and materials under extreme temperatures and pressures- are also key to the dynamics of astronomical objects. This issue on astrophysics centers on the accretion of matter onto very dense stars and black holes and the interpretation of x-ray signals emitted during that process. Also discussed is an unsolved puzzle: how does matter held up by its circular motion around a central dense star or black hole lose that angular momentum and ultimately submit to the pull of gravity?CONFERENCE REPORT
X-Ray Variability in Astrophysics – (by Richard I. Epstein, Frederick K. Lamb, and William C. Priedhorsky).RESEARCH AND REVIEW.
Cygnus X-3 and the Case for Simultaneous Multifrequency Observations – (by France Anne-Dominic Cordova).SCIENCE IDEAS.
Angular Momentum — The Cosmic Pollutant – (by Stirling A. Colgate and Albert G. Peischek).