GAMMA-RAY BURSTS 2007: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Conference

Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007

M. Galassi, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA ; David Palmer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA ; Ed Fenimore, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA

Conference Location and Date: Santa Fe, NM, 5-9 November 2007

Subseries: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Published May 2008; ISBN 978-0-7354-0533-2, One Volume, Print; 678 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $237.00

Readership: Gamma-ray burst researchers; Graduate students in high energy astrophysics; Cosmology, early universe, and supernova teachers/professors

For more than three decades, gamma-ray bursts have grown from an oddity to a central topic in astrophysics. Not only are they the largest explosions since the big bang, capable of flooding most of the universe with gamma-rays, but their brilliance serves as a backlight that can illuminate the cosmos far deeper into the early universe than any other object. Their unpredictability has forced researchers to use extreme measures to observe them: completely autonomous satellites and robotic ground-based telescopes. Their bizarre physical properties have required new theories on massive explosions.

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