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Author Bloom, Joshua S., 1974-

Title What are gamma-ray bursts? / Joshua S. Bloom.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Princeton frontiers in physics
Princeton frontiers in physics.
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.
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Subject Gamma ray bursts.
Gamma ray bursts.
Stars -- Formation.
Stars -- Formation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
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)
1400837006 (electronic book)
9780691145563
0691145563
9780691145570
0691145571