What are gamma-ray bursts?:
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Main Author: Bloom, Joshua S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press ©2011
Series:Princeton frontiers in physics
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Into the belly of the beast -- Afterglows -- The events in context -- The progenitors of gamma-ray bursts -- Gamma-ray bursts as probes of the universe
Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest--and, until recently, among the least understood--cosmic events in the universe. Discovered by chance during the cold war, these evanescent high-energy explosions confounded astronomers for decades. But a rapid series of startling breakthroughs beginning in 1997 revealed that the majority of gamma-ray bursts are caused by the explosions of young and massive stars in the vast star-forming cauldrons of distant galaxies. New findings also point to very different origins for some events, serving to complicate but enrich our understanding of the exotic and violent
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 256 pages)
ISBN:0691145563
0691145571
1400837006
9780691145563
9780691145570
9781400837007

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