Written by an international team of experts this set of tutorial reviewsprovides a coherent and accessible summary of the current state of supernovaresearch in ... » 

Written by an international team of experts this set of tutorial reviewsprovides a coherent and accessible summary of the current state of supernovaresearch in all of its facets. The newly detected gammaray bursts arediscussed in this context. While primarily addressing astrophysicists andastronomers this book will also be of interest to cosmologists and nuclearphysicists working on supernovarelated issues. TOCHistorical Supernovae.Classificaton of Supernovae. Supernova rates. Optical Spectra of Supernovae.Optical Light Curves of Supernovae. XRay Supernovae. UltravioletSupernovae. Radio Supernovae. Supernova Interacting With a CircumstellarMedium. Measuring Cosmology With Supernovae. Supernova 1987A. SN1998bw andHypernovae. Supernovae and GammaRay Bursters. Observational Properties ofCosmic GammaRay Bursts. XRay Observations of GammaRay Burst Afterglows.OpticalampnbspObservations of GammaRay Burst Afterglows. RadioObservations of GammaRay Burst Afterglows. GammyRay Bursts The UnderlyingModel. Ambient Interaction Models for GammaRay Burst Afterglows.Cosmological Studies with GammaRay Bursts. «