Gamma-Ray Bursts The Brightest Explosions in the Universe /

• Main Authors: Vedrenne, Gilbert (Author), Atteia, Jean-Luc (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Since their discovery was first announced in 1973, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been among the most fascination objects in the universe. While the initial mystery has gone, the fascination continues, sustained by the close connection linking GRBs with some of the most fundamental topics in modern as...

Table of Contents:

• The early times
• The BATSE decade
• BeppoSAX and the afterglow era
• HETE-2 and Swift
• Gamma-ray bursts—fireballs and blastwaves
• Gamma-ray burst afterglows
• Early afterglows: the Swift revolution
• Progenitors
• Perspectives in gamma-ray burst science.