Gamma-ray bursts in the afterglow era
Subtitle: proceedings of the international workshop, held in Rome, Italy, 17-20 October 2000
By: E. Costa, F. Frontera, J. Hjorth (eds.).
Contributors: Costa, Enrico.; Frontera, F.; Hjorth, J.
Series: ESO astrophysics symposia
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
Subjects: Gamma ray bursts -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: The information received from BeppoSAX, Chandra and other instruments in the last two years has more than doubled the number of samples of Gamma-Ray Bursts localized and followed up for afterglow search. This has also increased the interest of astronomers in GRBs. This book reviews the research of the last two years and covers the global properties of GRBs, GRB afterglows, GRB host galaxies, cosmology using GRBs, and theories for GRBs and their afterglows. Theoretical and observational aspects are presented as well as tools for the analysis of the data.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Contains the proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on 'Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era' held from 17 to 20 October 2000 at the Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche (CNR) Headquarters in Rome, Italy"--Pref.