Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursters

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Weiler, Kurt (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 598
• Subjects: Astrophysics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Gravitation.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.

Written by an international team of experts, this set of tutorial reviews provides a coherent and accessible summary of the current state of supernova research in all of its facets. The newly detected gamma-ray bursts are discussed in this context. While primarily addressing astrophysicists and astr...

Table of Contents:

• Supernovae
• Historical Supernovae
• Classification of Supernovae
• Supernova Rates
• Optical Spectra of Supernovae
• Optical Light Curves of Supernovae
• X-Ray Supernovae
• Ultraviolet Supernovae
• Radio Supernovae
• Supernova Interaction with a Circumstellar Medium
• Measuring Cosmology with Supernovae
• Supernova 1987A
• Supernovae to ?-Ray Bursters
• SN1998bw and Hypernovae
• Supernovae and ?-Ray Bursters
• ?-Ray Bursters
• Observational Properties of Cosmic ?-Ray Bursts
• X-Ray Observations of ?-Ray Burst Afterglows
• Optical Observations of ?-Ray Burst Afterglows
• Radio Observations of ?-Ray Burst Afterglows
• Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Underlying Model
• Ambient Interaction Models for ?-Ray Burst Afterglows
• Cosmological Studies with ?-Ray Bursts.