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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Gamma-Ray Telescopes, Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts, Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts, Soft Gamma Repeaters, List of Space Telescopes, History of Gamma-Ray Burst Research, Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, Grb 970508, Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitors, Granat, Grb 090423, Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, Gamma-Ray Burst Emission Mechanisms, List of Gamma-Ray Bursts, Grb 970228, Interplanetary Network, Integral, High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1, Grb 080319b, High Energy Astronomy Observatory 3, Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope, Magic, Grb 990123, Sgr 1806-20, Grb 080916c, Hegra, Gamma-Ray Burst Coordinates Network, Veritas, Gamma, Grb 050709, Grb 060218, Grb 080913, Second Small Astronomy Satellite, Sgr 1900+14, Grb 971214, Milagro, High Energy Transient Explorer, High Energy Stereoscopic System, Sgr 1627-41, Grb 051221a, Cactus, Sgr J1550-5418, 3c 279, W49b, Grb 050904, Agile, Cherenkov Telescope Array, Cos-B, a Broadband Imaging X-Ray All-Sky Survey, Stacee, Sn 1998bw, Chicago Air Shower Array, Grb 050509b, Grb 070125, Spectrum-X-Gamma, Sgr 0501+4516, Legri. Excerpt: The InterPlanetary Network (IPN) is a group of spacecraft equipped with gamma ray burst (GRB) detectors. By timing the arrival of a burst at several spacecraft, its precise location can be found. The farther apart the detectors, or the greater the timing precision of each detector, the more precise the GRB location. Typical spacecraft baselines of about one AU (astronomical unit) and time resolutions of tens of milliseconds can place a burst within an error box of several arcminutes, for followup with more powerful instruments. Gamma rays are too powerful to be focused with mirrors; rays would go through virtually all material... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9105131
