LIST OF PUBLICATIONS - M. Ali Alpar
last updated: August 2009
1."Lifetime Effect on
the Superfluidity in Neutron Stars"
Naoki Itoh & M. A.
Alpar, J. Phys. A7, 1970 (1974).
2."Positively Charged
Isospin Wave Softening & Proton Lattice in Neutron Stars"
P.W. Anderson, N.Itoh,
M.A.Alpar, E.Tosatti, & R.G.Palmer, Lett. Nuovo Cimento 12 , ser.2.,
165 (1975).
3."Pinning and Threading of Quantized
Vortices in the Pulsar Crust Superfluid"
M.Ali Alpar, Ap.J. 213, 527
(1977).
4."Relaxation of Rotating He II
Following a Spin-up of Its Container:
A Superfluid Ekman
Time?" M. Ali Alpar, J. Low Temp. Phys. 31, 803 (1978).
5."Modulation of
Short-period Oscillations and Colour Asymmetry in Pulsed
Emission Lines: A
Structural Interpretation of Recent Observations of DQ Her"
M. Ali Alpar,
M.N.R.A.S.189, 305 (1979).
6."Pinned Vorticity in
Rotating Superfluids with Application to Neutron Stars"
D.Pines, J.Shaham,
M.Ali Alpar & P.W. Anderson,
Progress of
Theoretical Physics Supplement 69, 376 (1981).
7."Giant Glitches and
Pinned Vorticity in the Vela and Other Pulsars"
M. Ali Alpar, P.W.
Anderson, D. Pines & J. Shaham,
Ap. J. Letters, 249,
L29 (1981).
8."Glitches and Pinned
Vorticity in the Crab Pulsar"
M. Ali Alpar, P.W.
Anderson, D. Pines & J. Shaham,
Proc. Nat. Acad.
Sci. USA 78, 5299 (1981).
9."The Rheology of
Neutron Stars: Vortex Line Pinning in the Crust Superfluid"
P.W.Anderson,A.Alpar,D.Pines &J.Shaham,Phil.Mag.A45,227(1982).
10."A New Class of Radio
Pulsars"
M.Ali Alpar, A.F.
Cheng, M.A.Ruderman & J. Shaham, Nature 300, 728, (1982).
11."Expectancy of Large
Pulsar Glitches"
M.Ali Alpar & Cheng Ho,
M.N.R.A.S. 204, 655 (1983).
12."Vortex Creep and the
Internal Temperature of Neutron Stars:
I. General
Theory" M.A.Alpar,P.W.Anderson,D.Pines & J.Shaham,
Ap. J. 276,325(1984).
13."Vortex Creep and the
Internal Temperature of Neutron Stars:
II.The Vela
Pulsar" M.A.Alpar,P.W.Anderson,D.Pines & J.Shaham,
Ap.J. 278,791(1984).
14."Rapid Postglitch
Spin-up of the Superfluid Core in Pulsars"
M.A.Alpar, S.A.Langer &
J.A.Sauls, Astrophysical Journal, 282, 533 (1984).
15."Vortex Creep and the
Internal Temperature of Neutron Stars:
The Crab Pulsar and
PSR0525+21"
M.A.Alpar,R.Nandkumar
& D.Pines,Ap.J.,288,191(1985).
16."Gravitational
Radiation from a Solid Crust Neutron Star"
M.Ali Alpar &
David Pines, Nature, 314, 334 (1985).
17."Separable Solutions
for a Rotating Superfluid-Normal Fluid System"
M.A.Alpar & K.S.
Cheng, Journ. Low Temp. Phys.,60, 415 (1985).
18."Superfluidity in
Neutron Stars"
David Pines & M.Ali
Alpar, Nature, 316, 27 (1985).
20."Is GX 5-1 a
Millisecond Pulsar?"
M.A.Alpar &
J.Shaham, Nature, 316, 239 (1985).
21."Quasiperiodic
Oscillations in Bright Galactic-bulge X-ray Sources"
F.K.Lamb, N.
Shibazaki, M.A.Alpar & J.Shaham, Nature, 317, 681 (1985).
22."Vortex Creep and the
Internal Temperature of Neutron Stars:
Timing Noise in
Pulsars" M.Ali Alpar, Radha Nandkumar & David Pines,
Ap. J. 311, 197 (1986)
.
23."Model QPO Power
Spectra: Signatures of Angular Position and Radial Velocity of
Clumps in the Boundary Layer"
M.Ali Alpar,
M.N.R.A.S. 223,469 (1986).
24."A Search for X-ray
Emission from a Nearby Pulsar : PSR 1929+10" .
M.A.Alpar,
W.Brinkmann, U.Kiziloglu,H.Ogelman & D.Pines,A&A,177,101 (1987).
25."Comment on Strange Stars"
M.A.Alpar, Phys. Rev. Lett., 58,2152 (1987).
26."Neutron Star Precession and the Dynamics of the Superfluid
Interior"
M.Ali Alpar &
H.Ogelman, Astronomy & Astrophysics 185, 196 (1987).
27."On the Dynamical Coupling between the Superfluid Interior
and the Crust of a
Neutron Star" M.A.Alpar & J.A.Sauls,
Ap.J. 327, 723 (1988).
28."The Large Glitch
from PSR 0355+54 and its Postglitch Relaxation"
M.A.Alpar, K.S.Cheng,
D.Pines & J.Shaham, M.N.R.A.S. 233, 25 (1988).
29."Spontaneous
Superfluid Unpinning and the Inhomogeneous Distribution of
Vortex Lines in
Neutron Stars" K.S. Cheng, M.A. Alpar, D. Pines & J. Shaham,
Ap.J. 330, 835
(1988).
30."The Remnant's Rapid
Heartbeat" M.A.Alpar, I.Fushiki, F.K.Lamb, G.S.Miller,
31."Vortex Creep and the Internal
Temperature of Neutron Stars:
Linear and Nonlinear
Response to a Glitch" M.A. Alpar, K.S. Cheng & D.Pines,
Ap.J. 346, 823 (1989).
32."Spin-up of Young Pulsars due to Rapid Cooling by Neutrino
Emission"
M.Ali Alpar & Hakki B.
Ogelman, Ap.J. Letters 349, L55 (1990).
33."On the Fast Recovery
of the Vela Pulsar from its Christmas 1988 Glitch",
M.A.Alpar, K.S. Cheng
and D.Pines, Nature 348 ,707 (1990).
34."A Shot Noise Model
for a Two Component Neutron Star"
A.Baykal, M.A.Alpar
and U.Kiziloglu, Astronomy & Astrophysics 185, 196 (1991).
35."6 Hz QPOs from Low Mass X-ray Binaries: the Sound of an Accretion
Disk?"
M.A.Alpar, G.Hasinger,
J.Shaham and S.Yancopoulos,
Astronomy &
Astrophysics 257, 627 (1992).
36."Postglitch Relaxation of the Vela Pulsar after its First Eight
Glitches:
A Re-evaluation with
the Vortex Creep Model"
M.A.Alpar, H.F.Chau,
K.S.Cheng and D.Pines, Ap. J. 409,345 (1993).
37."Implications of the
Crustal Moment of Inertia for
Neutron Star Equations
of State", B.Datta and M.A.Alpar,
Astronomy and
Astrophysics 275, 210 (1993).
38."Is Geminga a
Glitching Pulsar?" M.A.Alpar, H.Ogelman and J.Shaham,
Astronomy and
Astrophysics 273, L35 (1993).
39."Postglitch
Relaxation of the Crab Pulsar:
Evidence for Crust
Cracking" M.A.Alpar, H.F.Chau, K.S.Cheng and D.Pines,
Ap. J. Letters 427,
L29 (1994).
40."Expectancy of Large
Pulsar Glitches: A Comparison of Models with
the Observed Glitch
Sample" M.Ali Alpar and Altan Baykal,
M.N.R.A.S.
269,849(1994).
41."On the Distribution
and Evolution of Pulsars",
M.A.Alpar, F.Gok,
O.Huseyinov and U.Kiziloglu,
Turkish J. of Phys.
18, 970 (1994).
42."A Search for X-Rays
from Five Pulsars: PSR's 0740-28, 1737-30,
1822-09, 1915+13 and
1916+14"
M.A.Alpar,O.H.Guseinov,
U.Kiziloglu and H.Ogelman
Astronomy and
Astrophysics, 297, 470 (1995).
43."X-ray Variability
and 1mHz Oscillations in TT Arietis"
A.Baykal,A.Esendemir,U.Kiziloglu,M.A.Alpar,H.Ogelman,N.Ercan
and G.Ikis
Astronomy and
Astrophysics, 299, 421 (1995).
44."Postglitch
Relaxation of the Crab Pulsar After its Four Major
Glitches: The Combined
Effects of Crust Cracking, Formation of Vortex
Depletion Regions and Vortex
Creep"
M.A.Alpar, H.F.Chau,
K.S.Cheng and D.Pines
Ap.J. 459, 706 (1996).
45. "On Pulsar
Velocities and Pulsar Supernova Remnant Associations"
A.O. Allakhverdiev,
M.A. Alpar, F. Gok and O.H. Guseinov
Turkish J. of Phys.,
21, 688 (1997).
46. "AB Dor: an Almost
Single Star with RS CVn-like Activity in the
X-ray Band", M.
Alev, M.A.Alpar, A. Esendemir, U. Kiziloglu,
Astrophysics and Space
Sci., 245, 15 (1996).
47. "Modelling of Quasi Periodic Oscillations with Wave Packets"
M.A. Alpar and A.
Yilmaz, New Astronomy, 2, 225 (1997).
48. "On the Outburst Light Curves of Soft X-Ray Transients as Response
of the Accretion Disk
to Mass Deposition", Ü. Ertan and M. A. Alpar,
Astronomy and
Astrophysics 336, 220 (1998).
49. "Planetary Nebulae in Open Clusters and the Mass Boundary Between
the Progenitors of White
Dwarfs and Neutron Stars"
A.O. Allakhverdiev,
M.A. Alpar, O.H. Guseinov and E. Tuncer
Astronomical and
Astrophysical Transactions, 16, 41 (1998).
50. "The Timing Noise of
PSR 0823+26, 1706-16, 1749-28, 2021+51 and the
Anomalous Braking
Indices"
A. Baykal, M.A.Alpar,
P.E.Boynton and J.E.Deeter,
M.N.R.A.S. 306, 207
(1999).
51. "ROSAT Observations
of the Vela Pulsar"
F. Seward, M.A. Alpar,
C. Flanagan, Ü. Kızıloğlu, C. Markwardt
P. McCulloch and H.
Ögelman, ApJ 536, 948 (2000).
52. "Post-glitch
RXTE-PCA Observations of the Vea Pulsar"
M.A. Gürkan, A. Baykal,
M.A.Alpar, H. Ögelman and T. Strohmayer,
Astronomy and
Astrophysics 356, 1136 (2000).
53. "Differences between
Two Anomalous X-ray Pulsars..."
A. Baykal, T.
Strohmayer, J. Swank, M.A. Alpar, M.J. Stark,
M.N.R.A.S. 319, 205
(2000).
54. "On Young Neutron Stars as Propellers and Accretors with
Conventional Magnetic
Fields", M.A. Alpar, Ap. J. 554, 1245 (2001).
55. "Pulsar Spindown by a Fallback Disk and the P-Pdot Diagram"
M.A. Alpar, A. Ankay
and E. Yazgan,
Ap. J. Letters, 557,
L61 (2001).
56. "The Steady Spin
Down Rate of 4U 1907+09"
A. Baykal, Ç. İnam,
M.A. Alpar, J. J. In't Zand, T. Strohmayer,
J. Swank, M.N.R.A.S.
327, 1269 (2001).
57. "On the outbursts of
black hole soft X-ray transients"
Ü. Ertan and M.A. Alpar
Astronomy and
Astrophysics 393,205 (2002).
58. "First Hours of the
GRB 030329 Optical Afterglow"
R.A. Burenin, R.A.
Sunyaev, M.N. Pavlinsky, D.V. Denissenko,
O.V. Terekhov, A. Yu.
Tkachenko, Z. Aslan,
M.A. Alpar, Ü.
Kızıloğlu, A. Baykal,
V. Suleymanov, Astronomy
Letters 29/9, 1 (2003).
59. "On the Enhanced X-Ray Emission from SGR 1900+14 after the
August 27 Giant Flare"
Ü. Ertan and M.A. Alpar, Ap.J. Letters 593, L93 (2003).
60. "Can Thin Disks Produce Anomalous X-ray Pulsars?"
Y. Ekşi and M.A. Alpar, Ap.J. 599, 450 (2003).
61. "Constraints on a Putative Pulsar
in SN 1987A"
H. Ögelman and M.A. Alpar, Ap.J. Letters 603, L33 (2004).
62. "On the Rotational Dynamics of Magnetically Threaded Disks
Around Neutron Stars"
M. H. Erkut and M.A. Alpar, Ap.J. 617, 461 (2004).
63. "Disks Surviving the Radiation Pressure of Radio Pulsars"
Y. Ekşi and M.A. Alpar, Ap.J. 620, 390 (2005).
64. "X-Ray and Infrared Enhancement of Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 1E
2259+58" Ü. Ertan, E. Göğüş and M.A. Alpar, Ap.J. 640, 435 (2006).
65. "Pulsar Braking Indices, Glitches
and Energy Dissipation in
Neutron Stars", M.Ali Alpar and Altan Baykal,
M.N.R.A.S. 372, 489 (2006).
66. "The Anomalous X-Ray
Pulsar 4U 0142+61: A Neutron Star with a Gaseous Fallback Disk",
Ertan, Ü., Erkut, M.H., Ekşi,
K.Y., Alpar, M.A., Ap.J. 657, 441 (2007).
67. "Is the Lack of
Pulsations in Low-mass X-ray Binaries due to Comptonizing Coronae?"
E. Göğüş, M.A. Alpar and M.
Gilfanov, Ap.J. 659, 580 (2007).
68. "The highest dynamical
frequency in the inner region of an accretion disc"
M.Ali Alpar and D. Psaltis,
M.N.R.A.S. 391, 1472 (2008).
69. "Quasiperiodic
Oscillations as Global Hydrodynamic Modes in the Boundary Layers of Viscous
Accretion Disks"
M. H. Erkut, D. Psaltis and M.A. Alpar, Ap.J. 687, 1220
(2008).
70. "Hard X-Ray Flux Upper
Limits of Central Compact Objects in Supernova Remnants",
I. Erdeve, E. Kalemci &
M.Ali Alpar, Ap.J. 696, 1792 (2009).
71. "On the Evolution of
Anomalous X-Ray Pulsars and Soft Gamma-Ray Repeaters with Fall Back
Disks",
Ü. Ertan, K.Y. Ekşi, M.H. Erkut
and M.A. Alpar, Ap.J. 702, 1309 (2009).
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
1."Pulsar Glitches and
Pinned Superfluidity "
P.W. Anderson, M. Ali
Alpar, D. Pines & J. Shaham,
Proceedings of IAU
Symposium No. 95,"Pulsars",
R. Wielebinski & W.
Siebert, eds.,(1980).
2."Superfluidity in Millisecond
Pulsars" David Pines & M.Ali Alpar,
Proc. of the Workshop
on Millisecond Pulsars,
S. Reynolds & D.
Stinebring,eds., Greenbank,
3."Gravitational
Radiation from a Solid Crust Neutron Star"
M.Ali Alpar & David
Pines,
Proc. of the Workshop
on Millisecond Pulsars,
S. Reynolds & D.
Stinebring,eds., Greenbank,
4."Internal Torques in
Neutron Stars"
M.Ali Alpar, Proc. of
the Symposium on X-ray Astronomy,
M. Oda & R.
Giacconi,eds., Bologna,(1984).
5."Quasiperiodic
Oscillations in Galactic Bulge Sources: Information
on the Boundary Layer
from Power Spectra"
Proc. NATO ASI
"High Energy Phenomena around Collapsed Stars",
F.Pacini, ed., Reidel
(1987).
6."Dynamics of the
Neutron Star Interior " M.A.Alpar,
Proc.13th
M.Ulmer,ed.,WorldScientific
(1987).
7."Inside Neutron
Stars" M. Ali Alpar,
Proc. NATO ASI
"Timing Neutron Stars", H.Ogelman & E.P.J. van den Heuvel, eds.,
Kluwer (1989).
8."Vortex Creep
Dynamics: Theory and Observations" M.Ali Alpar,
Proc. NATO ASI
"Timing Neutron Stars", H.Ogelman & E.P.J. van den Heuvel, eds.,
Kluwer (1989).
9."Superfluid Dynamics
in Neutron Stars" M.A. Alpar,
Proc. NATO ASI
"Neutron Stars: Theory and Observation",
J.Ventura &
D.Pines, eds., Kluwer (1991).
10."Inside Neutron
Stars: a 1990 Perspective" D.Pines and M.Ali Alpar,
Proc. US-Japan Seminar
"The Structure and Evolution of Neutron Stars",
D.Pines, R.Tamagaki and
S.Tsuruta, eds., Addison-Wesley (1992).
11."Some Topics in
Neutron Star Superfluid Dynamics" M.Ali Alpar,
Proc. US-Japan Seminar
"The Structure and Evolution of Neutron Stars",
D.Pines, R.Tamagaki and
S.Tsuruta, eds., Addison-Wesley (1992).
12."Pulsar Glitches and
Neutron Star Superfluidity: a 1992 Perspective",
M.A.Alpar and D.Pines,
Proc. The
K.A.Van Riper,
R.Epstein and C.Ho, eds.,
13."Models for Pulsar
Glitches", M.Ali Alpar,
Proc. NATO ASI
"Lives of the Neutron Stars",
M.A.Alpar, U.Kiziloglu
and J. van Paradijs, eds., Kluwer (1995).
14."The Distribution of
Pulsars in the Galaxy",
F.Gok,M.A.Alpar,O.H.Huseyinov
and U.Kiziloglu,
Proc. NATO ASI
"Lives of the Neutron Stars",
M.A.Alpar, U.Kiziloglu
and J. van Paradijs, eds., Kluwer (1995).
15."Evolution of Pulsars
in the P-Pdot Diagram",
I.M.Yusifov, M.A.Alpar,
F.Gok and O.H.Huseyinov,
Proc. NATO ASI
"Lives of the Neutron Stars",
M.A.Alpar, U.Kiziloglu
and J. van Paradijs, eds., Kluwer (1995).
16."Neutron Star
Dynamics, Braking Indices and Energy Dissipation"
M.A.Alpar, Proc. COSPAR
General Assembly,
Adv. Space Res. Vol.21,
159 (1998).
17."Quasiperiodic
Oscillations at Kepler and Beat Frequencies as Wave Packets"
M.A. Alpar, Proc.
COSPAR General Assembly,
Advances in Space Research,
Vol.21, 159, (1998).
18."Glitch Dynamics and
Energy Dissipation in Neutron Stars"
M.A. Alpar, Proc.
International Conference on Neutron
Stars and
Pulsars", Nov. 1997,
S. Shibata, T. Kifune;
19."Dynamics of the
Neutron Star Interior"
M.A. Alpar, "The Many
Faces of the Neutron Stars",
Proc. NATO ASI, Lipari, Italy, 1996; eds. L.
Buccheri, J. van
Paradijs and M.A. Alpar,
Kluwer, (1998).
20."Interglitch Braking
Indices of Pulsars and Energy Dissipation in
Neutron Stars", M.A.
Alpar, Proc. Pacific Rim Conference ,
eds. K.L. Chan, K.S. Cheng
and H.P. Singh,
Publications of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific- Conference
Series, Vol. 138, 7 (1998).
21."Pulsars and Neutron
Stars", M.A. Alpar and A. Wolszczan,
Proc. 19th
Nuclear Physics B
(Proc.Suppl.) 80, 219 (2000).
22. "Superfluid Dynamics
and Energy Dissipation in Neutron Stars",
M.A. Alpar, Proc. NATO ASI, Elounda, Greece, 1999;
eds. C. Kouveliotou, J.Ventura & J. van Paradijs, Kluwer, (2001).
23. "Accretion Models for Young
Neutron Stars", M.A. Alpar, in
"Pulsars, AXPs and SGRs observed with BeppoSAX and other
Observatories" , eds. G. Cusumano, E. Massaro, T. Mineo, p.197,
Aracne Editrice (2003).
24. "Thin Disk Models of Anomalous X-ray Pulsars?"
K.Y. Ekşi and M.A. Alpar, Proc.2nd Beppo-SAX Conf. "The Restless
High Energy Universe",
eds. E.P.J. van den Heuvel, R.A.M.J. Wijers & J.J.M. in't Zand,
Nuc. Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 132, 524 (2004).
25. "On the Enhanced X-Ray Emission from SGR 1900+14 after the
August 27 Giant Flare",
Ü. Ertan and M.A. Alpar, Proc.2nd Beppo-SAX Conf. "The Restless
High Energy Universe",
eds. E.P.J. van den Heuvel, R.A.M.J. Wijers & J.J.M. in't Zand,
Nuc. Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 132, 530 (2004).
26. "Neutron Star Superfluidity, Dynamics and Precession",
M.A. Alpar, Proc. NATO ASI, Marmaris, Turkey, 2004;
eds. A. Baykal, S.K. Yerli, S.Ç. İnam & S. Grebenev, Springer
(2005).
27. "Anomalous
X-Ray Pulsars: persistent States with Fallback Disks", Ü. Ertan, M.A.
Alpar, M.H. Erkut, K.Y. Ekşi & Ş. Çalışkan,
Proc.of the Conference "Isolated Neutron Stars", London, April
2006, eds. S. Zane, R. Turolla & D. Page, Astrophys. Space Sci. 308, 73
(2007).
28. "Dim Isolated
Neutron Stars, Cooling and Energy Dissipation", M.A. Alpar, Proc.of the
Conference "Isolated Neutron Stars", London, April 2006, eds. S. Zane,
R. Turolla & D. Page, Astrophys. Space Sci. 308, 133 (2007).
29. "On Disks and
Magnetars: after the Discovery of a Fallback Disk", M.A. Alpar, Proc. of
the 6th Integral workshop "The Obscured Universe", July 2006, Moscow,
eds. S. Grebenev, R. Sunyaev & C.
Winkler, European Space Agency SP-622, 541 (2007).
30. “A
New Class of Radio Pulsars - Back in 1982” M.A. Alpar, Proc. of the
International Workshop 'A Decade of Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars'
,Amsterdam, April 2008, eds. R. Wijnands et al., AIP Conf. Proceedings 1068
(2008).
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS EDITED
1. Proceedings of the NATO ASI "Lives of the Neutron Stars",
held in
M.A.Alpar, U.Kiziloglu
and J. van Paradijs, eds., Kluwer (1995)
2. Proceedings of the NATO
ASI "The Many Faces of Neutron Stars",
held in
R.Buccheri, J. van
Paradijs and M.A.Alpar, eds., Kluwer (1998)