Searching for the Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor

Nominated as an outstanding thesis by the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of New Mexico, this thesis seeks to identify the gamma-ray burst (GRB) progenitor.  GRBs are extragalactic explosions that briefly outshine entire galaxies, but the mechanism that can release that much en...

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Published in:Springer eBooks
Main Author: Mesler III, Robert Allan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06626-4
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Gamma-ray Bursts in Circumstellar Shells
  • Population III Gamma-ray Bursts
  • VLBI and Archival VLA and WSRT Observations of GRB 030329
  • Calorimetry of GRB 030329
  • Conclusions
  • Appendices.