TY  - BOOK
AU  - Katz,Jonathan I.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The biggest bangs: the mystery of gamma-ray bursts, the most violent explosions in the universe 
AV  - QB471.7.B85 K38 2002eb
U1  - 522/.6862 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Gamma ray bursts
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10103639
ER  -