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Extreme explosions :

(Number (ISBN

1461481368 (electronic bk.)

(Number (ISBN

9781461481362 (electronic bk.)

Erroneous ISBN

9781461481355

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b431310

Title Proper

Extreme explosions :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

supernovae, hypernovae, magnetars, and other unusual cosmic blasts /

First Statement of Responsibility

David S. Stevenson

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiii, 369 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some in color)

Series Title

Astronomers' universe,

ISSN of Series

1614-659X

Text of Note

Includes index

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The Evolution of Massive Stars -- The Top of the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram -- Collapsars, Hypernovae, and Long Gamma Ray Bursts -- Quiet supernovae, and Death by Fall-Back -- Luminous Blue Variables and Supernova 'Imposters' -- Death by Magnetar -- Pulsational Pair Instability and Pair Instability Supernovae -- Luminous Blue Flashes -- Population III Stars -- The Impact of Nuclear Reactions of Massive Stars on the Present Day Universe -- Red Novae and the Enigma of V838 Monocerotis

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What happens at the end of the life of massive stars? At one time we thought all these stars followed similar evolutionary paths. However, new discoveries have shown that things are not quite that simple. This book focuses on the extreme the most intense, brilliant and peculiar of astronomical explosions. It features highly significant observational finds that push the frontiers of astronomy and astrophysics, particularly as before these objects were only predicted in theory. This book is for those who want the latest information and ideas about the most dramatic and unusual explosions detected by current supernova searches. It examines and explains cataclysmic and unusual events in stellar astrophysics and presents them in a non-mathematical but highly detailed way that non-professionals can understand and enjoy

Stars-- Evolution

Supernovae

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

Particle and Nuclear Physics

Physics

Popular Science in Astronomy

PGC

SCI-- 004000

SCI004000

SCI005000

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Edition

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Stevenson, David S.,1968-

Ohio Library and Information Network

Date of Transaction

20150609113606.0

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[Book]

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