Gamma-ray burst and afterglow astronomy 2001 : a workshop celebrating the first year of the HETE mission, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 5-9 November 2001 /
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| Meeting name: | Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy Workshop (2001 : Woods Hole, Massachusetts) |
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| Imprint: | Melville, NY : American Institute of Physics, 2003. |
| Description: | xiv, 594 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | AIP conference proceedings, 0094-243X ; 662 AIP conference proceedings ; no. 662. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4888860 |
| Summary: | This proceedings contains the papers from both the poster and oral presentations presented at the Workshop celebrating the first year of the HETE mission. The HETE mission, launched on 9 October 2000, has dramatically quickened the pace of GRB discoveries. By disseminating accurate burst coordinates to the astronomical community within a minute of the burst onset, HETE has made possible the panchromatic observation of the early, bright phases of the relativistic fireball expansion in several GRB afterglows. The scientific program covered the rapidly expanding range of GRB research, with roughly half of the sessions being devoted to prompt burst emission, and half to burst afterglows, both from observational and theoretical perspectives. In particular, 26 papers presented in the section on the HETE Satellite Mission comprise both a tutorial on the spacecraft and its instruments, as well as a summary of early scientific results. In addition, special sessions, such as the session devoted to soft gamma repeaters, were devoted to future missions and instrumentation. |
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| Item Description: | "The HETE (High Energy Transient Explorer) mission, launched on 9 October 2000 ... To celebrate the first year of the HETE mission, and to present new results from both HETE and other observatories a workshop as held ..."--Preface. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 594 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0735401225 |
| ISSN: | 0094-243X ; |
