Description |
1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, map. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
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Princeton frontiers in physics
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Princeton frontiers in physics.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Gamma ray bursts.
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Gamma ray bursts. |
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Stars -- Formation.
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Stars -- Formation. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Bloom, Joshua S., 1974- What are gamma-ray bursts? Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691145563 (DLC) 2010038975 (OCoLC)587249048 |
ISBN |
9781400837007 (electronic book) |
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1400837006 (electronic book) |
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9780691145563 |
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0691145563 |
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9780691145570 |
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0691145571 |
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