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Shadow of a star : the neutrino story of Supernova 1987A
- Title
- Shadow of a star : the neutrino story of Supernova 1987A / Alfred K. Mann.
- Author
- Mann, Alfred K.
- Publication
- New York : W.H. Freeman and Co., [1997], ©1997.
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- Description
- xi, 210 pages : illustrations (some color); 20 cm
- Summary
- In Shadow of a Star, Mann tells the story of scientists' vigorous and successful search for evidence of particles called neutrinos coming from the collapsed core of the star. Mann captures the team's rush to study the "neutrino burst" that accompanied Supernova 1987A and the anxious wait for confirmation of their findings from scientists at other detectors.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-194) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Why and Wherefore of This Book -- 2. A New Sighting -- 3. Light, Nuclear Fusion, and Neutrinos -- 4. Leading Players in Nature's Big and Little Bangs -- 5. The Search for Expiring Protons -- 6. The Right Method for the Wrong Reason -- 7. The Burst of Neutrinos from SN 1987A -- 8. Why All the Excitement? -- 9. Birth, Evolution, and Decline -- 10. Doom and the Aftermath -- 11. Two Important Consequences of Supernovae -- 12. Neutron Stars, the Hubble Space Telescope, and Black Holes -- Epilogue: Neutrinos from the Sun -- App. 1. Powers of 10 Notation -- App. 2. Units of Energy -- App. 3. The Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements.
- ISBN
- 0716730979
- LCCN
- 96029967
- OCLC
- 36126949
- ocm36126949
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries