Gamma-ray Burst Correlations: Current Status and Open Questions

Gamma-ray Burst Correlations: Current Status and Open Questions
Author: Maria Dainotti
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780750319294

Gamma-ray Burst Correlations presents an overview of the observational correlations; their physical interpretations, their use as redshift estimators, and their potential use as cosmological tools. The author describes the existing correlations as well as broaching the possible meaning and controversy behind the results of several GRB correlations.

Gamma Ray Burst Correlations

Gamma Ray Burst Correlations
Author: Maria Dainotti
Publisher: Iph001
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780750315739

Impressively, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) release the same amount of energy in a mere matter of seconds as the sun does in its lifetime. Gamma-ray Burst Correlations presents an overview of the observational correlations; their physical interpretations; their use as redshift estimators; and their potential use as cosmological tools. The author describes the existing correlations as well as breaching the possible meaning and controversy behind the results, and the applicability of several GRB correlations as model discriminators and cosmological indicators. A description of selection bias and the attempts made so far in order to use them as standard candles can help scientists to find the key to solve this puzzling problem. Covering an ever-expanding topic, this book will reach a wide audience, including students and researchers within the astronomical community.

High-Energy Emission from Pulsars and their Systems

High-Energy Emission from Pulsars and their Systems
Author: Nanda Rea
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2011-02-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642172512

The aim of the inaugural meeting of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics was to address, in a global context, the current understanding of and challenges in high-energy emissions from isolated and non-isolated neutron stars, and to confront the theoretical picture with observations of both the Fermi satellite and the currently operating ground-based Cherenkov telescopes. Participants have also discussed the prospects for possible observations with planned instruments across the multi-wavelength spectrum (e.g. SKA, LOFAR, E-VLT, IXO, CTA) and how they will impact our theoretical understanding of these systems. In keeping with the goals of the Forum, this book not only represents the proceedings of the meeting, but also a reflection on the state-of-the-art in the topic.

The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts

The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Author: Bing Zhang
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 617
Release: 2019
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107027616

A complete text on the physics of gamma-ray bursts, the most brilliant explosions since the Big Bang.

Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars

Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars
Author: Stuart L. Shapiro
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 663
Release: 2008-11-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3527617671

This self-contained textbook brings together many different branches of physics--e.g. nuclear physics, solid state physics, particle physics, hydrodynamics, relativity--to analyze compact objects. The latest astronomical data is assessed. Over 250 exercises.

The First Galaxies in the Universe

The First Galaxies in the Universe
Author: Abraham Loeb
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2013-01-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0691144923

This book provides a comprehensive, self-contained introduction to one of the most exciting frontiers in astrophysics today: the quest to understand how the oldest and most distant galaxies in our universe first formed. Until now, most research on this question has been theoretical, but the next few years will bring about a new generation of large telescopes that promise to supply a flood of data about the infant universe during its first billion years after the big bang. This book bridges the gap between theory and observation. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers on early galaxies. The First Galaxies in the Universe starts from basic physical principles before moving on to more advanced material. Topics include the gravitational growth of structure, the intergalactic medium, the formation and evolution of the first stars and black holes, feedback and galaxy evolution, reionization, 21-cm cosmology, and more. Provides a comprehensive introduction to this exciting frontier in astrophysics Begins from first principles Covers advanced topics such as the first stars and 21-cm cosmology Prepares students for research using the next generation of large telescopes Discusses many open questions to be explored in the coming decade

Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy

Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy
Author: Eric D. Feigelson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2012-07-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 052176727X

Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy: With R Applications.

Cosmic Plasma

Cosmic Plasma
Author: H. Alfvèn
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400983743

The general background of this monograph and the aim of it is described in detail in Chapter I. As stated in 1.7 it is written according to the principle that "when rigour appears to conflict with simplicity, simplicity is given preference", which means that it is intended for a rather broad public. Not only graduate students but also advanced undergraduates should be able to understand at least most of it. This monograph is the result of many years of inspiring discussions with a number of colleagues, for which I want to thank them very much. Especially I should mention the groups in Stockholm and La Jolla: in Stockholm, Dr Carl-Gunne Flilthammar and many of his collaborators, including Drs Lars Block, Per Carlqvist, Lennart lindberg, Michael Raadu, Staffan Torven, Miroslav Babic, and Itlgvar Axniis, and further, Drs Bo Lehnert and Bjorn Bonnevier, all at the Royal Institute of Technology. Of other col leagues in Sweden, I should mention Dr Bertel Laurent, Stockholm University, Dr Aina Elvius, The Stockholm Observatory, and Dr Bengt Hultqvist, Kiruna. In La Jolla my thanks go first of all to Dr Gustaf Arrhenius, who once invited me to La Jolla, which was the start of a most interesting collaboration; further, to Dr W.B.

Status of the Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (DS86)

Status of the Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (DS86)
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2001-10-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309075599

The Committee on Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) was set up more than a decade ago at the request of the U.S. Department of Energy. It was charged with monitoring work and experimental results related to the Dosimetry System 1986 (DS86) used by RERF to reconstruct the radiation doses to the survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the time it was established, DS86 was believed to be the best available dosimetric system for RERF, but questions have persisted about some features, especially the estimates of neutrons resulting from the Hiroshima bomb. This book describes the current situation, the gamma-ray dosimetry, and such dosimetry issues as thermal-neutron discrepancies between measurement and calculation at various distances in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It recommends approaches to bring those issues to closure and sets the stage for the recently convened U.S. and Japan Working Groups that will develop a new dosimetry for RERF. The book outlines the changes relating to DS86 in the past 15 years, such as improved numbers that go into, and are part of, more sophisticated calculations for determining the radiations from bombs that reach certain distances in air, and encourages incorporation of the changes into a revised dosimetry system.

Statistical Adjustment of Data

Statistical Adjustment of Data
Author: William Edwards Deming
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1964
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

Introduction to basic concepts of statistics, curve fitting, least squares solution, conditions without parameter, conditions containing parameters. 26 exercises worked out.