What are gamma-ray bursts? /:

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 re...

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1. Verfasser: Bloom, Joshua S., 1974-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:Princeton frontiers in physics.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400837007
1400837006
9786613001283
6613001287
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9781283001281

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