Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference, Sante Fe, New Mexico, 5-9 November, 2007
- ISBN13:
9780735405332
- ISBN10:
0735405336
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 2008-07-02
- Publisher: Amer Inst of Physics
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Summary
For more than three decades, gamma-ray bursts have grown from an oddity to a central topic 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 required new theories on massive explosions.
