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GAMMA RAY BURSTS (GRBs)

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1.		Gamma-ray Bursts - Introduction enter search text Imagine Home | Science | Current Page Additional Links "Quiz Me!" about this topic! Cool Fact about this topic! Try This ! Give Me additional resources! For Educators NCTM & NSES Standards Gamma Ray Bursts Booklet Show me related http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/bursts.html
2.		APOD - Gamma Ray Burst: A Milestone Explosion Graph of the data which resulted in the accidental discovery by the Vela satellites of gamma ray bursts in the late 1960s. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000702.html
3.		Astronomy Picture of the Day - BATSE GRB Final Sky Map Study the sky map of gamma-ray burst locations produced by the BATSE modules that flew on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000628.html
4.		Science News - Do Supernovas Generate Gamma-Ray Bursts? April 24, 1999, report on new research indicating that gamma-rays bursts may be frequent products of supernovas. From FindArticles.com. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1200/17_155/54588640/p1/article.jhtml
5.		Science News - Astronomers Demystify Gamma-Ray Bursts Reviews what scientists have learned about gamma-ray bursts and the birth of black holes. Located at FindArticles.com. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1200/2_156/55369392/p1/article.jhtml
6.		Science News - Gamma-Ray Bursts, Going the Distance Article reports on new ways scientists are determining distance in the universe through the study of gamma-ray bursts. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1200/20_156/58037887/p1/article.jhtml
7.		Scientific American - Magnificent Cosmos Special issue focuses on the cosmos. Includes articles on gamma-ray bursts, novas, the solar system and dark matter. http://www.sciam.com/specialissues/0398cosmos/0398quicksummary.html
8.		Sciences, The - There She Blows Take an in-depth look at the decades long search by astronomers for the origins of gamma-ray bursts in outer space. http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m2379/1_40/59024293/p1/article.jhtml
9.		Cosmic Gamma Ray Bursts Read the latest news, check out images and check out some of the data and findings of this NASA project. http://www.batse.com/
10.		Gamma Ray Astrophysics at the National Space Science and Technology Center The Gamma-Ray Astronomy Team Home Page gammaray.msfc.nasa.gov BATSE GLAST Burst Monitor Personnel Local Visitors and Colloquia NSSTC NASA Science MSFC Home NASA Home The Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Team of the National Space Science and Technology Center http://www.batse.msfc.nasa.gov/
11.		Gamma-Ray Bursts: An Overview Gamma-Ray Bursts: An Overview submitted to: Publ. Astron.Soc. Pac., May 22, 1995 Dr. Gerald J. Fishman Space Sciences Laboratory, Code ES-81 NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL 35812 e-mail: fishman@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov ABSTRACT. A history http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/papers/fishman.html
12.		The mysterious fingerprints of gamma-ray bursts NASA Science News: scientists are using a new method to fingerprint gamma ray bursts. COlor-color diagrams reveal 5 new categories of the enigmatic cosmic explosions. http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast08jan99_1.htm

13.		Review of Gamma-Ray Bursts Review of Gamma-Ray Bursts In the following pages I describe the study of gamma-ray bursts. The original text is taken from a review paper I wrote, although I intend to tinker and add to the text in the future. The following is an outline of the http://mamacass.ucsd.edu:8080/batse/grb_review/review.htm
14.		Gamma-Ray Bursts: General Overview Next: About this document Gamma-Ray Bursts : Overview (by Peter Meszaros ) Penn State is a major center of activity on theory of gamma-ray burst sources. The GRB theory group as of 1999 shown above includes Maddalena Spada, Chriss Weth, Peter http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/nnp/grbgen.html
15.		Gamma Ray Bursts Unraveling the Mysteries of Gamma Ray Bursts Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) were discovered in 1967 by satellites designed to monitor compliance with the atmospheric nuclear test ban treaty. These short-lived outbursts of the most energetic electromagnetic http://www.nrao.edu/pr/vla20/grb.html
16.		A Mystery: Gamma Ray Bursts   A Mystery: Gamma-Ray Bursts The sky glows at gamma ray wavelengths as well as visible ones. If our eyes could see gamma rays (and the atmosphere didn't absorb them), the sky would look like the adjacent image, which shows the intensity of high http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/cosmology/gammaray.html
17.		Gamma-ray bursts surpass quasars as most distant probes Nov. 4, 1999 Vol. 19 No. 4 current issue archive / search contact The image above shows an afterglow and host galaxy of a gamma-ray burst. Gamma-ray bursts surpass quasars as most distant probes By Steve Koppes News Office Gamma-ray bursts and their http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/991104/gamma.shtml Astronomy Now | Breaking News | Gamma-ray bursts are probes into early universe Astronomers tout gamma-ray bursts as probes into early universe UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NEWS RELEASE Posted: October 24, 1999 The afterglow from a gamma-ray burst as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Image: NASA/STScI. Gamma-ray bursts and their http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/9910/24grb
18.		Short and Long Gamma-Ray Bursts Are of Different Origin Greenbelt - Nov. 7, 2000 - Astronomers still don't know where gamma ray bursts come from, but NASA researchers have concluded that they may originate from at least two different types of cosmic explosions. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/gamma-00g.html
19.		Short and Long Gamma-Ray Bursts Are of Different Origin Greenbelt - Nov. 7, 2000 - Astronomers still don't know where gamma ray bursts come from, but NASA researchers have concluded that they may originate from at least two different types of cosmic explosions. http://www.spacedaily.com/news/gamma-00g.html
20.		Chandra - X-Ray Sources - Gamma Ray Bursts Gamma Ray Bursts Cosmic gamma ray bursts (GRBs) were discovered by accident in the late 1960's by satellites designed to detect gamma rays produced by atomic bomb tests on Earth. The GRBs appear first as a brilliant flash of gamma rays, that rises http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/grb.html
21.		Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) BATSE Burst Catalogs Spatial Distribution Burst Repetition and Clustering Continuum Spectra Spectral Lines Burst Durations Counterpart Searches BATSE Burst Catalogs The first catalog of gamma-ray bursts observed with BATSE, http://www.batse.msfc.nasa.gov/publications/bibliographies/grb.html
22.		Gamma Ray Bursts and Technical Developments Technical Developments and the Exploration of Gamma Ray Bursts Robert Goodspeed December 5, 2000 Discovery – The Compton Observatory - Imaging Efforts - The Future - Further Reading The story of our knowledge of gamma ray bursts and the tools to http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rgoodspe/gammarays.htm
23.		Gamma Ray Bursts from Baryon Decay in Neutron Stars Gamma Ray Bursts from Baryon Decay in Neutron Stars http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~upen/LaTeX/grb5
24.		Search for High Energy Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the AMANDA-B10 Array Search for High Energy Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the AMANDA-B10 Array http://alizarin.physics.wisc.edu/barouch/grb/grb_html