Cosmic explosions in three dimensions : asymmetries in supernovae and gamma-ray bursts /
This volume highlights the burgeoning era of routine supernova polarimetry and the new insights into core collapse and thermonuclear explosions. With chapters by leading scientists, the book summarises the status of a rapidly developing new perspective on stellar explosions, and is a valuable resour...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Cambridge contemporary astrophysics.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 3-D explosions: a meditation on rotation (and magnetic fields); 2 Supernova explosions: lessons from spectropolarimetry; 3 Spectropolarimetric observations of supernovae; 4 Observed and physical properties of Type II plateau supernovae; 5 SN 1997B and the different types of type Ic supernovae; 6 Near-infrared spectroscopy of stripped-envelope supernovae; 7 Morphology of supernova remnants; 8 The evolution of supernovae in the winds of massive stars; 9 Types for the galactic supernovae.
