What are gamma-ray bursts? /
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 re...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2011.
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Colección: | Princeton frontiers in physics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400837007 1400837006 9786613001283 6613001287 1283001284 9781283001281 |