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245	0	0	_aGamma-ray bursts / _cedited by Chryssa Kouveliotou, Ralph A.M.J. Wijers, Stan Woosley.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 344 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge astrophysics ; _v51
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Prologue C. Kouveliotou, R.A.M.J. Wijers and S.E. Woosley; 1. The discovery of the gamma-ray burst phenomenon R.W. Klebesadel; 2. Instrumental principles E.E. Fenimore; 3. The BATSE era G.J. Fishman and C.A. Meegan; 4. The cosmological era L. Piro and K. Hurley; 5. The Swift era N. Gehrels and D.N. Burrows; 6. Discoveries enabled by multi-wavelength afterglow observations of gamma-ray bursts J. Greiner; 7. Prompt emission from gamma-ray bursts T. Piran, R. Sari and R. Mochkovitch; 8. Basic gamma-ray burst afterglows P. Meszáros and R.A.M.J. Wijers; 9. The GRB-supernova connection J. Hjorth and J.S. Bloom; 10. Models for gamma-ray burst progenitors and central engines S.E. Woosley; 11. Jets and gamma-ray burst unification schemes J. Granot and E. Ramirez-Ruiz; 12. High-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos E. Waxman; 13. Long gamma-ray burst host galaxies and their environments J.P.U. Fynbo, D. Malesani and P. Jakobsson; 14. Gamma-ray burst cosmology V. Bromm and A. Loeb; 15. Epilogue R.D. Blandford; Index.
520			_aCosmic 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.
650		0	_aGamma ray bursts.
700	1		_aKouveliotou, Chryssa, _eeditor.
700	1		_aWijers, Ralph Antoine Marie Joseph, _d1964- _eeditor.
700	1		_aWoosley, Stanford E., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521662093
830		0	_aCambridge astrophysics series ; _v51.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511980336
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