Gamma-Ray Bursts

Klappentext A comprehensive graduate-level review of GRB astrophysics and its history, featuring the latest research by an international team of experts. Zusammenfassung Aimed at graduate students and professionals! this book explores the various aspects of gamma ray burst physics! ranging from the observations on GRBs and their sources! to the theory of their creation! how they work! and how they can be used to probe the history of the Universe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue C. Kouveliotou, R. A . M. J. Wijers and S. E. Woosley; 1. The discovery of the gamma-ray burst phenomenon R. W. Klebesadel; 2. Instrumental principles E. E. Fenimore; 3. The BATSE era G. J. Fishman and C. A. Meegan; 4. The cosmological era L. Piro and K. Hurley; 5. The Swift era N. Gehrels and D. N. Burrows; 6. Discoveries enabled by multi-wavelength afterglow observations of gamma-ray bursts J. Greiner; 7. Prompt emission from gamma-ray bursts T. Piran, R. Sari and R. Mochkovitch; 8. Basic gamma-ray burst afterglows P. Mészáros and R. A. M. J. Wijers; 9. The GRB-supernova connection J. Hjorth and J. S. Bloom; 10. Models for gamma-ray burst progenitors and central engines S. E. Woosley; 11. Jets and gamma-ray burst unification schemes J. Granot and E. Ramirez-Ruiz; 12. High-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos E. Waxman; 13. Long gamma-ray burst host galaxies and their environments J. P. U. Fynbo, D. Malesani and P. Jakobsson; 14. Gamma-ray burst cosmology V. Bromm and A. Loeb; 15. Epilogue R. D. Blandford; Index.

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• Authors: Gerald J. Fishman, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Chryssa (Nasa-Marshall Space Flight C Kouveliotou, Chryssa Wijers Kouveliotou, Chryssa Woosley Kouveliotou, KOUVELIOTOU CHRYSSA WOOSLEY STAN
• Assisted by: Chryssa Kouveliotou (Editor), Chryssa (NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center Kouveliotou (Editor), Ralph A. M. J. Wijers (Editor), Ralph A. M. J. (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Wijers (Editor), Stan Woosley (Editor), Stan (University of California Woosley (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2012
• EAN: 9780521662093
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66209-3
• No. of pages: 358
• Series: Cambridge Astrophysics; Cambridge Astrophysics; Cambridge Astrophysics, Series
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy