num_pages: 487
description: This conference presents invited and contributed papers by international experts devoted to explosive phenomena in cosmic settings as diverse as stellar flares, X-ray bursts, jets, novae, supernovae, hypernovae, and gamma-ray bursts. The conference considered not only the origins of explosive behavior, but also information about the host systems that the explosive phenomena might yield. For example, X-ray bursts can be used to determine structural parameters of neutron stars, and specific types of supernovae can be used as standard candles to study the deceleration of the Hubble expansion.
language: English
title: Cosmic Explosions: Tenth Astrophysics Conference College Park, Maryland, USA, 11-13 October 1999
titlecomplete: Cosmic Explosions: Tenth Astrophysics Conference College Park, Maryland, USA, 11-13 October 1999 (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics)
series: AIP Conference Proceedings: Astronomy and Astrophysics
publisher: Springer