The biggest bangs the mystery of gamma-ray bursts, the most violent explosions in the universe /
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| 100 | 1 | |a Katz, Jonathan I. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The biggest bangs |h [electronic resource] : |b the mystery of gamma-ray bursts, the most violent explosions in the universe / |c Jonathan I. Katz. |
| 260 | |a Oxford ; |a New York : |b Oxford University Press, |c 2002. | ||
| 300 | |a xi, 218 p. : |b ill. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index. | ||
| 505 | 8 | |a 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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