PREFACE1. INTRODUCTION
2. THEORY OF SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS
2.1 Overview- historical
2.2 Supernova Type Ia
2.3 Gravitational collapse and pre-supernova conditions 2.4 Production of neutrinos and their emission
2.5 Shock wave formation and its eventual stalling
2.6 The revival of the shock wave- the neutrino mechanism
2.7 Multi-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations and the present scenario
2.8 The supernova SN1987A
2.9 Detection of neutrinos from future supernova events
3. NEUTRON STARS
3.1 History and discovery of neutron stars
3.2 Observational Constraints on neutron stars
3.3 Compositions and novel phases of neutron stars - crust to core
3.4 Equation of State (EoS) models of neutron star matter
3.5 Relativistic field theoretical models for dense matter at zero and finite temperatures
3.6 Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff Equation and Structures of neutron stars
3.7 A stable branch of compact stars beyond neutron star
3.8 Rotating neutron stars, moment of inertia (I) and quadrupole moment (Q)
3.9 Neutron star matter in strongly quantizing magnetic fields
3.10 EoS tables for supernova and binary neutron star merger simulations
4. BINARY NEUTRON STAR MERGERS
4.1 Gravitational waves as new window into neutron stars
4.2 First binary neutron star (BNS) merger GW170817 and multi-messenger astrophysics
4.3 Tidal deformability, LOVE number and EoS
4.4 I-Love-Q universal relations 4.5 Late inspiral phase of BNS merger, tidal deformability and cold EoS
4.6 Neutron Star radius determination from tidal deformability
4.7 Hot and neutrino trapped merger remnant and finite temperature EoS
5. SYNTHESIS OF HEAVY ELEMENTS IN THE UNIVERSE
5.1 s-, r- and p-processes
5.2 Conditions for production of elements by r- process and the sites
5.3 Electromagnetic counterpart of GW170817 and ejected matter in BNS merger
5.4 Decompression of ejected neutron rich matter in Lattimer and Schramm model
5.5 Kilonova model
5.6 Heavy element synthesis in neutron rich matter ejected in GW170817
INDEX
BIBLIOGRAPHY (eventually at chapter-ends)
