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" Extreme explosions : "
David S. Stevenson
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BL
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602092
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b431311
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| Main Entry
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Stevenson, David S.,1968-
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Extreme explosions : : supernovae, hypernovae, magnetars, and other unusual cosmic blasts /\ David S. Stevenson
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Astronomers' universe,
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xiii, 369 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color) ;; 23 cm
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9781461481355 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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: 146148135X (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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9781461481362 (eBook)
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1461481368 (eBook)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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Stars-- Evolution
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523.84465
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QB843.S95S745 2014
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QB843.S95S745 2014
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Supernovae, hypernovae, magnetars, and other unusual cosmic blasts
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