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8 - Extremes of Power in the Universe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2019

Duncan Needham
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Julius Weitzdörfer
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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The universe has experienced many extreme events, from the Big Bang onward. This chapter concentrates on extremes of power observed in the universe, from solar flares to exploding stars, magnetars, quasars, and the emission of gravitational waves from the merger of black holes. Extremes test our understanding of physics. The most extreme events briefly exceed the power of all the stars in all the galaxies of the observable universe.
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Extremes , pp. 150 - 167
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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Blundell, K., Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2015).Google Scholar
Clegg, B., Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe (Icon Books, 2018).Google Scholar
Gaensler, B., A Guided Tour of the Fastest, Brightest, Hottest, Heaviest, Oldest, and Most Amazing Aspects of Our Universe (TarcherPerigee, 2012).Google Scholar

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