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The biggest bangs : the mystery of gamma-ray bursts, the most violent explosions in the universe / Jonathan I. Katz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: xi, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0195145704
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 522/.6862 21
LOC classification:
  • QB471.7.B85 K38 2002
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Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.

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.

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