Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift Era Sixteenth Maryland Astrophysics Conference, Washington, DC, 29 November - 2 December 2005 - AIP Conference Proceedings

October Astrophysics Conference, Stephen S. Holt, Neil Gehrels, John A. Nousek

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is the sixteenth conference of the current series of annual October Astrophysics Conferences in Maryland. It was devoted to the discussion of gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions since the Big Bang. Results from the newly launched Swift mission and other observatories are solving the mysteries of the origin of the bursts. Over 250 scientists from the international astronomical community gathered to debate the meaning of the recent discoveries.

Book information

ISBN:	9780735403260
Publisher:	American Institute of Physics
Imprint:	American Inst. of Physics
Pub date:	01 May 2006
Language:	English
Number of pages:	733
Weight:	1179g
Height:	234mm
Width:	162mm
Spine width:	46mm