The biggest bangs the mystery of gamma-ray bursts, the most violent explosions in the universe - Katz, Jonathan I.; ebrary, Inc. (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002)
Machine generated contents note: 1. Vela 3 -- 2. Detectors 12 -- 3. Where Are They? 21 -- 4. What Are They? 29 -- 5. Compactness 40 -- 6. The Large Magellanic Cloud so -- 7. False Lines 60 -- 8. False Light 70 -- 9. The Copernican Dilemma 82 -- 10. Soft Gamma Repeaters 94 -- 11. BATSE 106 -- 12. The Great Debate 116 -- 13. The Theorists' Turn 126 -- 14. Afterglows 139 -- 15. A Supernova Connection? 152 -- 16. The Holy Grail 162 -- 17. The End of the Beginning 178 -- Afterword 181 -- Appendix. Did a Gamma-ray Burst Kill the Dinosaurs? -- Will a Burst Kill Us? 185 -- Glossary 189 -- Sources 197 -- Index 209.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Gamma ray bursts; Electronic books