Bloom, Joshua S.,  1974- <br/><br/>
What are gamma-ray bursts? / 
Joshua S. Bloom. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  �2011. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) :  illustrations, map 
 - Princeton frontiers in physics .
 - Princeton frontiers in physics. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Into the belly of the beast -- Afterglows -- The events in context -- The progenitors of gamma-ray bursts -- Gamma-ray bursts as probes of the universe. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400837007 1400837006 9786613001283 6613001287 1283001284 9781283001281 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>CL0500000122  Safari Books Online 22573/ctttpf5  JSTOR 9452487  IEEE 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gamma ray bursts.<br/>Stars--Formation.<br/>Sursauts gamma.<br/>�Etoiles--Formation.<br/>SCIENCE--Physics--Astrophysics.<br/>Gamma ray bursts.<br/>Stars--Formation.<br/>Sternentwicklung<br/>Gamma-Burst
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QB471.7.B85  / B56 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>523.01/97222