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Author : Bing Zhang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107027619
A complete text on the physics of gamma-ray bursts, the most brilliant explosions since the Big Bang.
Author : Joshua S. Bloom
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400837007
A brief, cutting-edge introduction to the brightest cosmic phenomena known to science Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest—and, until recently, among the least understood—cosmic events in the universe. Discovered by chance during the cold war, these evanescent high-energy explosions confounded astronomers for decades. But a rapid series of startling breakthroughs beginning in 1997 revealed that the majority of gamma-ray bursts are caused by the explosions of young and massive stars in the vast star-forming cauldrons of distant galaxies. New findings also point to very different origins for some events, serving to complicate but enrich our understanding of the exotic and violent universe. What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts? is a succinct introduction to this fast-growing subject, written by an astrophysicist who is at the forefront of today's research into these incredible cosmic phenomena. Joshua Bloom gives readers a concise and accessible overview of gamma-ray bursts and the theoretical framework that physicists have developed to make sense of complex observations across the electromagnetic spectrum. He traces the history of remarkable discoveries that led to our current understanding of gamma-ray bursts, and reveals the decisive role these phenomena could play in the grand pursuits of twenty-first century astrophysics, from studying gravity waves and unveiling the growth of stars and galaxies after the big bang to surmising the ultimate fate of the universe itself. What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts? is an essential primer to this exciting frontier of scientific inquiry, and a must-read for anyone seeking to keep pace with cutting-edge developments in physics today.
Author : Chryssa Kouveliotou,Michael F. Briggs,Gerald Jay Fishman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:637698833
Author : Gilbert Vedrenne,Jean-Luc Atteia
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540390886
Since their discovery was first announced in 1973, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been among the most fascination objects in the universe. While the initial mystery has gone, the fascination continues, sustained by the close connection linking GRBs with some of the most fundamental topics in modern astrophysics and cosmology. Both authors have been active in GRB observations for over two decades and have produced an outstanding account on both the history and the perspectives of GRB research.
Author : Chryssa Kouveliotou,Ralph A. M. J. Wijers,Stan Woosley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521662093
A comprehensive graduate-level review of GRB astrophysics and its history, featuring the latest research by an international team of experts.
Author : Cheng Ho,Richard I. Epstein,Edward E. Fenimore
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992-03-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521414490
Summarizes the current understanding of Astronomical gamma-ray bursts, short-lived flashes of high-energy radiation, which have eluded even a basic explanation for over twenty years, and describes directions for future research.
Author : Magnus Axelsson,Felix Ryde
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0735404135
This volume contains the proceedings from a symposium on gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) held in Stockholm, Sweden, in September 2006. All papers have been peer reviewed. The gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is an international mission dedicated to observations of high-energy gamma-rays and is planned to be launched by the end of 2007.
Author : Maria Dainotti
Publisher : Iph001
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0750315733
Impressively, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) release the same amount of energy in a mere matter of seconds as the sun does in its lifetime. Gamma-ray Burst Correlations presents an overview of the observational correlations; their physical interpretations; their use as redshift estimators; and their potential use as cosmological tools. The author describes the existing correlations as well as breaching the possible meaning and controversy behind the results, and the applicability of several GRB correlations as model discriminators and cosmological indicators. A description of selection bias and the attempts made so far in order to use them as standard candles can help scientists to find the key to solve this puzzling problem. Covering an ever-expanding topic, this book will reach a wide audience, including students and researchers within the astronomical community.
Author : Enrico Costa,Filippo Frontera,J. HJORTH (Ed)
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001-12-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 3540427716
The information received from BeppoSAX, Chandra and other instruments in the last two years has more than doubled the number of samples of Gamma-Ray Bursts localized and followed up for afterglow search. This has also increased the interest of astronomers in GRBs. This book reviews the research of the last two years and covers the global properties of GRBs, GRB afterglows, GRB host galaxies, cosmology using GRBs, and theories for GRBs and their afterglows. Theoretical and observational aspects are presented as well as tools for the analysis of the data.
Author : Charles Meegan,Chryssa Kouveliotou,Neil Gehrels
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0735406707
This was a technical symposium for astrophysicists working on gamma-ray bursts. It included discussions on the latest theoretical and experimental research on this topic, as well as plans for the next generation of orbiting instrumentation. The proceedings will be useful for specialists in the area of gamma-ray burst astronomy.
Author : E.E. Fenimore,Mark Galassi
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-21
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015059173479
In 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.
Author : Enrico Costa,Filippo Frontera,Jens Hjorth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3662307936
Author : Joshua S. Bloom
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781581121698
The various possibilities for the origin ("progenitors") of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) manifest in differing observable properties. Through deep spectroscopic and high-resolution imaging observations of some GRB hosts, I demonstrate that well-localized long-duration GRBs are connected with otherwise normal star-forming galaxies at moderate redshifts of order unity. Using high-mass binary stellar population synthesis models, I quantify the expected spatial extent around galaxies of coalescing neutron stars, one of the leading contenders for GRB progenitors. I then test this scenario by examining the offset distribution of GRBs about their apparent hosts making extensive use of ground-based optical data from Keck and Palomar and space-based imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope. The offset distribution appears to be inconsistent with the coalescing neutron star binary hypothesis (and, similarly, black-hole--neutron star coalescences); instead, the distribution is statistically consistent with a population of progenitors that closely traces the ultra-violet light of galaxies. This is naturally explained by bursts which originate from the collapse of massive stars ``collapsars''). This claim is further supported by the unambiguous detections of intermediate-time (approximately three weeks after the bursts) emission ``bumps'' which appear substantially more red than the afterglows themselves. I claim that these bumps could originate from supernovae that occur at approximately the same time as the associated GRB; if true, GRB 980326 and GRB 011121 provide strong observational evidence connecting cosmological GRBs to high-redshift supernovae and implicate massive stars as the progenitors of at least some long-duration GRBs.
Author : Jonathan I. Katz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198033332
Gamma-ray bursts are the most violent events since the birth of the universe. They are about ten times more energetic than the most powerful supernovae. At their peak, gamma-ray bursts are the brightest objects in space, about 100,000 times brighter than an entire galaxy. And yet until recently these titanic eruptions were the most mysterious events in astronomy. In The Biggest Bangs, astrophysicist Jonathan Katz offers a fascinating account of the scientific quest to unravel the mystery of these incredible phenomena. With an eye for colorful detail and a talent for translating scientific jargon into plain English, Katz ranges from the accidental discovery of gamma-ray bursts (by a Cold War satellite system monitoring the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty) to the frustrating but ultimately successful efforts to localize these bursts in distant galaxies. He describes the theories, the equipment (the most recent breakthrough was made with a telescope you could carry under your arm), and the pioneers who have finally begun to explain these strange bursts. And along the way, he offers important lessons about science itself, arguing that "small science" is as valuable as institutionalized "big science," that observations are more the product of advances in technology than of theory, and that theory is only "the concentrated essence of experiment." With the advent of the space age a mere 40 years ago, we have grown used to strangeness in the universe--and confident in science's ability to explain it. In The Biggest Bangs, Jonathan Katz shows that there are still wonders out there that exceed the bounds of our imagination and defy our ability to understand them.
Author : Elena Moretti,Francesco Longo
Publisher : Mdpi AG
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 3036568999
This reprint contains a series of articles and reviews that illustrate the state-of-the-art knowledge about Gamma Ray Bursts and provide deep insights on the challenges that will be faced in GRB physics in the next decade.