Proceedings of a May 2000 conference held in Korea, bringing together participants from various fields of physics astro-particle physics, astro-hadron physics, and relativistic astrophysics to discuss both theory and observations related to explosive phenomena in astrophysical systems. Forty-two contributions are arranged in sections on relativistic astrophysics and black holes; accretion, magnetohydrodynamics, and dynamics; gamma-ray bursts; supernovae and jets; and astrophysics. A sampling of topics: neutron star mergers in and out of globular clusters, simulations of time-dependent high energy emission from blazars, prompt GRB optical follow-up experiments, and flares in X-ray transients. Indexed only by author, not subject. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The major theme of this KIAS Workshop encompasses astroparticle physics, astro-hadron physics, and relativistic astrophysics. The Workshop focused on highly explosive phenomena in astrophysical systems explored from a wide-ranging vista, such as supernova explosions, gamma-ray bursts, astrophysical jets, and neutron star and black hole systems which are believed to be the main origin of these explosive phenomena.