Gamma-ray Bursts
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Gamma-ray Bursts

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Gamma-ray Bursts

About this book

Cosmic gamma ray bursts (GRBs) have fascinated scientists and the public alike since their discovery in the late 1960s. Their story is told here by some of the scientists who participated in their discovery and, after many decades of false starts, solved the problem of their origin. Fourteen chapters by active researchers in the field present a detailed history of the discovery, a comprehensive theoretical description of GRB central engine and emission models, a discussion of GRB host galaxies and a guide to how GRBs can be used as cosmological tools. Observations are grouped into three sets from the satellites CGRO, BeppoSAX and Swift, and followed by a discussion of multi-wavelength observations. This is the first edited volume on GRB astrophysics that presents a fully comprehensive review of the subject. Utilizing the latest research, Gamma-ray Bursts is an essential desktop companion for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics.

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Yes, you can access Gamma-ray Bursts by Chryssa Kouveliotou,Ralph A. M. J. Wijers,Stan Woosley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Astronomy & Astrophysics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Gamma-ray Bursts
  3. Cambridge Astrophysics Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of contributors
  8. Prologue
  9. 1 The discovery of the gamma-ray burst phenomenon
  10. 2 Instrumental principles
  11. 3 The BATSE era
  12. 4 The cosmological era
  13. 5 The Swift era
  14. 6 Discoveries enabled by multiwavelength afterglow observations of gamma-ray bursts
  15. 7 Prompt emission from gamma-ray bursts
  16. 8 Basic gamma-ray burst afterglows
  17. 9 The GRB–supernova connection
  18. 10 Models for gamma-ray burst progenitors and central engines
  19. 11 Jets and gamma-ray burst unification schemes
  20. 12 High-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos
  21. 13 Long gamma-ray burst host galaxies and their environments
  22. 14 Gamma-ray burst cosmology
  23. 15 Epilogue
  24. Index