Gamma-Ray Bursts: 30 Years of Discovery: Gamma-Ray Burst SymposiumIn the last thirty years, gamma-ray bursts have grown from an oddity to a central position in astrophysics. Not only are they the largest explosions since the big bang, capable of flooding most of the universe with gamma-rays, but their brilliance serves as a backlight that can illuminate the cosmos far deeper into the early universe than any other object. Their unpredictability has forced researchers to use extreme measures to observe them: completely autonomous satellites and robotic ground-based telescopes. Their bizarre physical properties have pushed us to develop new theories of astrophysical explosions. Topics include: global properties of GRBs; X-ray flashes; ultra-high energy gamma-rays, neutrinos, gravity waves; prompt emission and early afterglows; relativistic jets and polarization; GRB030329; GRB progenitors; GRB connection to supernovae; dark versus bright GRBs; late afterglows; GRBs and cosmology; general observations; general theory; analysis and observation techniques; present satellites; Swift satellite; future satellites; and robotic observing systems. |
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Contents
A Unified Jet Model of XRay Flashes and GammaRay Bursts | 19 |
Radiation Processes in GRBs Prompt Emission | 25 |
Broad Band 2700 keV Properties of the GRBs Observed | 31 |
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| Title | Gamma-Ray Bursts: 30 Years of Discovery: Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium Issue 727 of AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics, ISSN 0094-243X AIP conference proceedings: Subseries on astronomy and astrophysics |
| Editors | E.E. Fenimore, M. Galasso |
| Contributor | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | American Inst. of Physics, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 9, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0735402086, 9780735402089 |
| Length | 783 pages |
| Subjects | › Science / Astronomy |
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