What are gamma-ray bursts? /

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 re...

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Main Author: Bloom, Joshua S., 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Series:Princeton frontiers in physics.
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