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Book Gamma ray Bursts

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cheng Ho
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1992-03-12
  • ISBN : 9780521414494
  • Pages : 532 pages

Download or read book Gamma ray Bursts written by Cheng Ho and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-03-12 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Gamma ray Bursts

Download or read book Gamma ray Bursts written by Gerald J. Fishman and published by American Institute of Physics. This book was released on 2000-04-14 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Proceedings of the Second Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Workshop, held in Huntsville, Alabama, October 1993. Papers are grouped in thematic sections, some with subsections: general observations and global studies (general burst observations/intensity distributions and isotropy measures/studies of and searches for burst repetition and clustering); temporal studies; spectral studies; burst localizations and searches for counterparts (burst localization/counterpartsgeneral/optical counterparts/x-ray counterparts/very high energy counterpart searches/soft gamma-ray repeaters--counterparts); burst origins and emission processes--theory (cosmological models/galactic models/soft gamma-ray repeaters--theory); instrumentation and new analysis techniques; and miscellaneous. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Gamma Ray Bursts

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  • Author : Charles A. Meegan
  • Publisher : American Institute of Physics
  • Release : 1998-06-12
  • ISBN : 9781563967665
  • Pages : 500 pages

Download or read book Gamma Ray Bursts written by Charles A. Meegan and published by American Institute of Physics. This book was released on 1998-06-12 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings include papers on a broad range of topics in gamma-ray burst astronomy. Of particular interest are papers describing important new results on optical counterparts to bursts.

Book An Analysis of Gamma Ray Burst Time Profiles from the Burst and Transient Source Experiment

Download or read book An Analysis of Gamma Ray Burst Time Profiles from the Burst and Transient Source Experiment written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proposal requested funding to measure the durations of gamma-ray bursts (GRB) in the 4B catalog as well as to study the structure of GRB time profiles returned by the Burst And Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) on board the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. The duration (T90) was to be measured using the same techniques and algorithms developed by the principal investigator for the 3B data. The profile structure studies fall into the two categories of variability and fractal analyses. Lestrade, John Patrick Marshall Space Flight Center NASA/CR-97-205827, NAS 1.26:205827 NCC8-82...

Book Gamma ray Bursts

Download or read book Gamma ray Bursts written by Chryssa Kouveliotou and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Physics of Gamma Ray Bursts

Download or read book The Physics of Gamma Ray Bursts written by Bing Zhang and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete text on the physics of gamma-ray bursts, the most brilliant explosions since the Big Bang.

Book X ray Spectral Properties of  gamma  ray Bursts

Download or read book X ray Spectral Properties of gamma ray Bursts written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors summarize the spectral characteristics of a sample of 22 bright gamma-ray bursts detected with the gamma-ray burst sensors aboard the satellite Ginga. This instrument employed a proportional and scintillation counter to provide sensitivity to photons in the 2--400 keV range, providing a unique opportunity to characterize the largely unexplored X-ray properties of gamma-ray bursts. The photon spectra of the Ginga bursts are well described by a low energy slope, a bend energy, and a high energy slope. In the energy range where they can be compared, this result is consistent with burst spectral analyses obtained from the BATSE experiment aboard the Compton Observatory. However, below 20 keV they find evidence for a positive spectral number index in approximately 40% of their burst sample, with some evidence for a strong rolloff at lower energies in a few events. They find that the distribution of spectral bend energies extends below 10 keV. The observed ratio of energy emitted in the X-rays relative to the gamma-rays can be much larger than a few percent and, in fact, is sometimes larger than unity. The average for their sample is 24%.

Book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Science With The New Generation Of High Energy Gamma ray Experiments  The Variable Gamma ray Sources  Their Identifications And Counterparts   Proceedings Of The Fourth Workshop

Download or read book Science With The New Generation Of High Energy Gamma ray Experiments The Variable Gamma ray Sources Their Identifications And Counterparts Proceedings Of The Fourth Workshop written by Marco Maria Massai and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research program in gamma-ray astronomy focuses on increasing our knowledge of the nature and origin of galactic and extragalactic gamma rays, and understanding high-energy processes in the Sun, celestial objects, interstellar medium, and extragalactic space.This book not only provides an overview of the latest research and future plans for space-borne and ground-based experiments dedicated to the observation of the gamma-ray sky, but also addresses the topic of variable gamma-ray sources from the perspective of their identification and counterparts at different wavelengths. It further gives an overview of the theory related to the most qualified emission processes that take place in these sources and of the nature of their variability.

Book Alpha   Beta  and Gamma Ray Spectroscopy

Download or read book Alpha Beta and Gamma Ray Spectroscopy written by K. Siegbahn and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 915 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Volume 1 offers a comprehensive account of radioactivity and related low-energy phenomena. It summarizes progress in the field of alpha-, beta- and gamma-ray spectroscopy, including the discovery of the non-conservation of parity, as well as new experimental methods that elucidate the processes of weak interactions in general and beta-decay in particular. Comprised of 14 chapters, the book presents experimental methods and theoretical discussions and calculations to maintain the link between experiment and theory. It begins with a discussion of the interaction of electrons and alpha particles with matter. The book explains the elastic scattering of electrons by atomic nuclei and the interaction between gamma-radiation and matter. It then introduces topic on beta-ray spectrometer theory and design and crystal diffraction spectroscopy of nuclear gamma rays. Moreover, the book discusses the applications of the scintillation counter; proportional counting in gases; and the general processes and procedures used in determining disintegration schemes through a study of the beta- and gamma-rays emitted. In addition, it covers the nuclear shell model; collective nuclear motion and the unified model; and alpha-decay conservation laws. The emissions of gamma-radiation during charged particle bombardment and from fission fragments, as well as the neutron-capture radiation spectroscopy, are also explained. Experimentalists will find this book extremely useful.

Book Gamma ray Bursts

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chryssa Kouveliotou
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2012-11-22
  • ISBN : 0521662095
  • Pages : 361 pages

Download or read book Gamma ray Bursts written by Chryssa Kouveliotou and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive graduate-level review of GRB astrophysics and its history, featuring the latest research by an international team of experts.

Book Gamma Ray Bursts

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  • Author : Gilbert Vedrenne
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2009-03-20
  • ISBN : 354039088X
  • Pages : 613 pages

Download or read book Gamma Ray Bursts written by Gilbert Vedrenne and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-03-20 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Biggest Bangs

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  • Author : Jonathan I. Katz
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2002-06-06
  • ISBN : 0198033338
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book The Biggest Bangs written by Jonathan I. Katz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-06 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.