| Description |
1 online resource (370 pages) |
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Cambridge astrophysics |
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Cambridge astrophysics series ; 51.
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| Contents |
Cover; Gamma-ray Bursts; Cambridge Astrophysics Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Prologue; 1 The discovery of the gamma-ray burst phenomenon; 1.1 The Vela satellite system; 1.2 The "gamma-ray burst" recording system; 1.3 The data search; 1.4 The "first" gamma-ray burst; 1.5 Further efforts; 1.6 Initial search for counterparts; 1.7 Delays in analyses and publication; 1.8 Observations by others; 1.9 Conclusion (of the beginning); References; 2 Instrumental principles; 2.1 The first gamma-ray burst instrumentation; 2.2 Spectral techniques; 2.3 Temporal techniques |
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2.4 Locating a gamma-ray burst2.5 Multiwavelength observations; References; 3 The BATSE era; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 State of the field in 1991; 3.1.2 BATSE history; 3.2 Temporal and spectral properties of GRBs observed with BATSE; 3.2.1 Duration distribution; 3.2.2 Additional temporal properties of GRBs; 3.3 Spectral studies of BATSE GRBs; 3.4 Spatial distribution; 3.4.1 Angular distribution; 3.4.2 Intensity distribution; 3.4.3 The cosmological hypothesis; 3.4.4 The Galactic halo hypothesis; 3.4.5 Repeaters; 3.4.6 The Great Debate |
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3.5 Observations of GRBs with other CGRO instruments and PHEBUS3.6 BACODINE -- The first rapid GRB alert system; 3.7 The BATSE triggered and untriggered event catalogs; 3.8 Conclusion; References; 4 The cosmological era; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 BeppoSAX; 4.3 The discovery of afterglows; 4.4 Establishing the distance; 4.5 Observational evidence of a relativistic fireball; 4.6 Clues to the nature of GRB progenitors and the first evidence of a GRB-SN association; 4.7 Optical flashes; 4.8 Dark GRBs; 4.9 Beaming and collimation and the central engine; 4.10 X-ray flashes; 4.11 HETE-2 |
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4.12 SNe and GRB progenitors4.13 Progress on X-ray flashes; 4.14 Further constraints on dark GRBs; 4.15 Short GRBs; 4.16 INTEGRAL and Interplanetary Networks (IPNs); 4.17 Sub-energetic GRBs; 4.18 Polarization; 4.19 Narrow line features; References; 5 The Swift era; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Swift observatory; 5.3 Swift gamma-ray burst observations; 5.4 Short gamma-ray bursts; 5.4.1 Short gamma-ray burst open questions; 5.5 Afterglow physics; 5.6 Lack of spectral lines in prompt and afterglow emission; 5.7 High-redshift gamma-ray bursts and cosmology |
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5.7.1 High-redshift gamma-ray burst open questions5.8 Probing the gamma-ray burst-supernova connection; 5.8.1 Supernova shock breakout in GRB060218 and GRB100316D; 5.8.2 The peculiar case of GRB 060614; 5.8.3 Gamma-ray burst-supernova connection open questions; 5.9 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Discoveries enabled by multiwavelength afterglow observations of gamma-ray bursts; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Early searches for transient optical emission; 6.2.1 Searching for persistent quiescent GRB emission; 6.2.2 Post facto correlation analysis; 6.2.3 Rapid follow-up observations of GRBs |
| Summary |
A comprehensive graduate-level review of GRB astrophysics and its history, featuring the latest research by an international team of experts |
| Notes |
6.3 The BeppoSAX afterglow discovery |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gamma ray bursts.
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NATURE -- Sky Observation.
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Gamma ray bursts
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kouveliotou, Chryssa.
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Wijers, Ralph Antoine Marie Joseph, 1964-
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Woosley, Stanford E.
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| ISBN |
9781139568715 |
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113956871X |
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1283812347 |
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9781283812344 |
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9780511980336 |
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0511980337 |
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9780521662093 |
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0521662095 |
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9781139573177 |
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1139573179 |
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