New Worlds in Astroparticle Physics

by Krasnitz, Alexander; Potting, Robertus; Mourao, Ana M.; Pimenta, Mario

• ISBN13: 9789812385840
• ISBN10: 9812385843
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

The Fourth International Workshop on New Worlds in Astroparticle Physics was the latest in the biennial series, held in Faro, Portugal. The program included both invited and contributed talks. Each of the sessions opened with a pedagogical overview of the current state of the respective field.

Table of Contents

Preface
Dense Matter	p. 3
Extreme Energy Cosmic Rays and Fundamental Physics	p. 20
Gravitational Waves: Probing the Extremes of Physics	p. 28
Cosmological Parameters: Fashion and Facts	p. 50
Physical Implications of Quintessential Brane Cosmologies	p. 75
Dark Radiation and Localization of Gravity on the Brane	p. 82
Astrophysical Tests of Lorentz Symmetry in Electrodynamics	p. 89
Apparent Lorentz Violation through Spacetime-Varying Couplings	p. 96
The CERN Axion Solar Telescope	p. 103
Properties of Dense and Cold QCD	p. 113
Stability of Quark Matter and Quark Stars	p. 123
Heavy Quarks or Compactified Extra Dimensions in the Core of Hybrid Stars	p. 133
Ratios of Antibaryon/Baryon Yields in Heavy Ion Collisions	p. 143
EUSO: Basic Parameters	p. 151
The Radio Technique 40 Years Later: Where Do We Stand?	p. 161
GPS Synchronization in Cosmic Ray Experiments	p. 171
Results from the AMS01 1998 Shuttle Flight	p. 178
Electric Charge Reconstruction with RICH Detector of the AMS Experiment	p. 191
Velocity Reconstruction with the RICH Detector of the AMS Experiment	p. 202
Results from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory	p. 217
Status Report on Borexino	p. 227
Testing Neutrino Parameters at Future Accelerators	p. 233
Relativistic R-Modes in Slowly Rotating Neutron Stars	p. 245
Collision of Highly Relativistic Particles with Black Holes: The Gravitational Radiation Generated	p. 252
Pair of Accelerated Black Holes in an Anti-de Sitter Background: The AdS C-Metric	p. 260
Timing the PSR J2016+1947 Binary System: Testing the Fundamental Assumption of General Relativity	p. 270
Supernovae and Dark Energy	p. 281
Current Status of Type IA Supernovae Theory and Their Role in Cosmology	p. 291
Intensive Supernovae Searches	p. 298
Probing the Dark Matter within the Solar Interior	p. 306
List of participants	p. 319
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