Your browser version may not work well with NCBI's Web applications. More information here...
1: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Apr 27;96(9):4752-5.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Afterglows from the largest explosions in the universe.

Hartmann DH.

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1911, USA.

The distinction of "largest explosions in the universe" has been bestowed on cosmic gamma-ray bursts. Their afterglows are brighter than supernovae and therefore are called hypernovae. Photometry and spectroscopy of these afterglows have provided major breakthroughs in our understanding of this mysterious phenomenon.

PMID: 10220364 [PubMed]

PMCID: PMC33568