Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Greatest Explosions Since the Big Bang

by Edited by Mario Livio , Nino Panagia , Kailash Sahu

• ISBN13: 9780521791410
• ISBN10: 0521791413
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-02
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Since the dramatic discovery that the supernova SN1998bw coincided in position and time with a gamma-ray burst, the possibility was raised that these two types of spectacular explosions are related. This timely volume presents especially written articles by a host of world experts who gathered together for an international conference at the Space Telescope Science Institute. This was the first meeting in which the communities of supernova researchers and gamma-ray burst researchers were brought together to share ideas. The contributions review the mechanisms for these explosive events, the possible connections between them, and their relevance for cosmology. Both observations and theoretical developments are covered. This book is an invaluable source of information for both active researchers and graduate students in this exciting area of research.

Table of Contents

Participants	vii
Preface	x
Gamma-Ray Burst---Supernova relation	1	(8)
B. Paczynski
Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts	9	(8)
G. Fishman
Fireballs	17	(19)
T. Piran
Gamma ray mechanisms	36	(11)
M. Rees
Prompt optical emission from gamma-ray bursts	47	(20)
R. Kehoe
C. Akerlof
R. Balsano
S. Barthelmy
J. Bloch
P. Butterworth
D. Casperson
T. Cline
S. Fletcher
F. Frontera
G. Gisler
J. Heise
J. Hills
K. Hurley
B. Lee
S. Marshall
T. McKay
A. Pawl
L. Piro
B. Priedhorsky
J. Szymanski
J. Wren
X-ray afterows of gamma-ray bursts	67	(12)
L. Piro
The first year of optical-IR observations of SN1998bw	79	(6)
I. Danziger
T. Augusteijn
J. Brewer
E. Cappellaro
V. Doublier
T. Galama
J. Gonzalez
O. Hainaut
B. Leibundgut
C. Lindman
P. Mazzali
K. Nomoto
F. Patat
J. Spyromilio
M. Turatto
J. Van Paradijs
P. Vreeswijk
J. Walsh
X-ray emission of Supernova 1998bw in the error box of GRB980425	85	(11)
E. Pian
Direct analysis of spectra of Type Ic supernovae	96	(14)
D. Branch
The interaction of supernovae and gamma-ray bursts with their surroundings	110	(11)
R. Chevalier
Magnetars, Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters and Gamma-ray Bursts	121	(10)
A. Harding
Super-luminous supernova remnants	131	(13)
Y. H. Chu
C. H. Chen
S. P. Lai
The properties of hypernovae: SNe Ic 1998bw, 1997ef, and SN IIn 1997cy	144	(27)
K. Nomoto
P. Mazzali
T. Nakamura
K. Iwamoto
K. Maeda
T. Suzuki
M. Turatto
I. Danziger
F. Patat
Collapsars, Gamma-Ray Bursts, and Supernovae	171	(13)
S. Woosley
A. MacFadyen
A. Heger
Pre-Supernova evolution of massive stars	184	(14)
N. Panagia
G. Bono
Radio Supernovae and GRB 980425	198	(20)
K. Weiler
N. Panagia
R. Sramek
S. Van Dyk
M. Montes
C. Lacey
Models for Ia Supernovae and evolutionary effects	218	(21)
P. Hoflich
I. Dominguez
Deflagration to detonation	239	(11)
A. Khokhlov
Universality in SN Iae and the Phillips relation	250	(8)
D. Arnett
Abundance from supernovae	258	(29)
F.-K. Thielemann
F. Brachwitz
C. Freiburghaus
S. Rosswog
K. Iwamoto
T. Nakamura
K. Nomoto
H. Umeda
K. Langanke
G. Martinez-Pinedo
D. Dean
W. Hix
M. Strayer
SNe, GRBs, and the global properties of the Universe	287	(17)
B. Schmidt
How good are SNe Ia as standard candles?	304	(30)
A. Sandage
G. Tammann
A. Saha
Type Ia Supernovae and their implications for cosmology	334	(22)
M. Livio
Conference summary: Supernovae and Gamma Ray Bursts	356
J. Wheeler