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Extreme explosions :

(Number (ISBN

146148135X (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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9781461481355 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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1461481368 (eBook)

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9781461481362 (eBook)

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b431311

Title Proper

Extreme explosions :

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[Book]

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

First Statement of Responsibility

David S. Stevenson

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xiii, 369 pages :

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illustrations (chiefly color) ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Series Title

Astronomers' universe,

ISSN of Series

1614-659X

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Part I. An overview of stellar evolution -- 1. The biology of supernovae -- 2. The anatomy of stellar life and death -- Part II. A walk across the rooftops -- 3. Stellar evolution at the summit of the main sequence -- 4. Collapsars, hypernovae and long gamma ray bursts -- 5. Death by fallback -- 6. The formation of massive stars by collision and their fate -- 7. Electron-capture supernovae -- 8. Ultra-luminous Type IIn supernovae -- 9. The magnetar model for ultra-luminous supernovae -- 10. The mysterious SN 2005ap and luminous blue flashes -- Part III. Thermonuclear supernovae -- 11. Hypotheses and an oxymoron -- 12. Are there super-Chandrasekhar supernovae? -- 13. The good, the bad and the ugly: thermonuclear supernovae -- Part IV. In flagrante delicto -- 14. The mysterious case of V838 Monocerotis and the red novae -- 15. Between Scylla and Charybdis

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Supernovae, hypernovae, magnetars, and other unusual cosmic blasts

Stars-- Evolution

Supernovae

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Stevenson, David S.,1968-

Date of Transaction

20140801101204.0

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