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Extreme explosions : supernovae, hypernovae, magnetars, and other unusual cosmic blasts /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stevenson, David S.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Series:Astronomers' universe.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.