Bloom, Joshua S., 1974-
What are gamma-ray bursts? / Joshua S. Bloom. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, �2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, map - Princeton frontiers in physics . - Princeton frontiers in physics. .
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.
English.
9781400837007 1400837006 9786613001283 6613001287 1283001284 9781283001281
CL0500000122 Safari Books Online 22573/ctttpf5 JSTOR 9452487 IEEE
Gamma ray bursts.
Stars--Formation.
Sursauts gamma.
�Etoiles--Formation.
SCIENCE--Physics--Astrophysics.
Gamma ray bursts.
Stars--Formation.
Sternentwicklung
Gamma-Burst
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QB471.7.B85 / B56 2011eb
523.01/97222
What are gamma-ray bursts? / Joshua S. Bloom. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, �2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, map - Princeton frontiers in physics . - Princeton frontiers in physics. .
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.
English.
9781400837007 1400837006 9786613001283 6613001287 1283001284 9781283001281
CL0500000122 Safari Books Online 22573/ctttpf5 JSTOR 9452487 IEEE
Gamma ray bursts.
Stars--Formation.
Sursauts gamma.
�Etoiles--Formation.
SCIENCE--Physics--Astrophysics.
Gamma ray bursts.
Stars--Formation.
Sternentwicklung
Gamma-Burst
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
QB471.7.B85 / B56 2011eb
523.01/97222