Supernova Explosions

by J Craig Wheeler, David Branch, J. Craig Wheeler

Book Overview

Targeting advanced students of astronomy and physics, as well as astronomers and physicists contemplating research on supernovae or related fields, David Branch and J. Craig Wheeler offer a modern account of the nature, causes and consequences of supernovae, as well as of issues that remain to be resolved.

Owing especially to (1) the appearance of supernova 1987A in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud, (2) the spectacularly successful use of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662550520
• ISBN13: 9783662550526
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 721 Pages
• Weight: 2.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"