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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Vedrenne, G. Gamma-ray bursts. Berlin ; New York : Springer ; Chichester, UK : In Association with Praxis, ©2009 (OCoLC)180478959 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
G Vedrenne; Jean-Luc Atteia |
ISBN: | 9783540390886 354039088X 9783540390855 3540390855 |
OCLC Number: | 567359142 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxxix, 571 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
Contents: | The early times; The early times; The BATSE decade; The BATSE decade; BeppoSAX and the afterglow era; BeppoSAX and the afterglow era; HETE-2 and Swift; HETE-2 and Swift; Gamma-ray bursts -- fireballs and blastwaves; Gamma-ray bursts -- fireballs and blastwaves; Gamma-ray burst afterglows; Gamma-ray burst afterglows; Early afterglows: the Swift revolution; Early afterglows: the Swift revolution; Progenitors; Progenitors; Perspectives in gamma-ray burst science; Perspectives in gamma-ray burst science. |
Series Title: | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences. |
Responsibility: | Gilbert Vedrenne and Jean-Luc Atteia. |
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From the reviews:"In Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Brightest Explosions in the Universe, French gamma-ray astronomers Gilbert Vedrenne and Jean-Luc Atteia have summarized both the observational history and the theoretical understanding of GRBs through 2007. ... Throughout the book, each chapter is packed with references to the original papers ... . This book will be appreciated by graduate students and practicing scientists ... . an important and valuable book for any researcher in the GRB field or in related fields that can be illuminated by GRB results." (Lynn Cominsky, Physics Today, March, 2010) Read more...

