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Page 1: Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics - … · Astronomy, Cosmology and Fundamental Physics ... P. Schuecker, L. Guzzo, C.A. Collins 35 ... The Standard Model of Particle Physics:

P. A. Shaver L. DiLella A. Gimenez (Eds.)

Astronomy,Cosmology andFundamental Physics

Proceedings of the ESO/CERN/ESASymposium Held in Garching, Germany,4-7 March 2002

Springer

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Contents

Cosmic Microwave Background FluctuationsS. Masi, P.A.R. Ade, P. de Bernardis, J.J. Bock, J.R. Bond, J. Borrill,A. Boscaleri, K. Coble, C.R. Contaldi, B.P. Crill, G. De Troia,P. Ferreira, K. Ganga, M. Giacometti, E. Hivon, V. V. Hristov,A. Iacoangeli, A.H. Jaffe, W.C. Jones, A.E. Lange, L. Martinis,P. Mason, P.D. Mauskopf, A. Melchiorri, T. Montroy, F. Nati, P. Natoli,C.B. Netterfield, E. Pascale, F. Piacentini, D. Pogosyan, G. Polenta,F. Pongetti, S. Prunet, G. Romeo, J.E. Ruhl, F. Scaramuzzi 1

Evidence for an Accelerating Universe from Type la SupernovaeB. Leibundgut . 13

Cosmological Weak LensingY. Mellier, L. van Waerbeke, F. Bernardeau, I. Tereno 25

Constraining Cosmological Parameterswith Observations of Galaxy ClustersH. Bohringer, P. Schuecker, L. Guzzo, C.A. Collins 35

First Light and the Reionization of the UniverseP. Madau 39

The State of the Universe: Cosmological Parameters 2002L.M. Krauss 50

Cosmological Constant Problems and Their SolutionsA. Vilenkin 70

Searches for Dark MatterC. Too 79

Neutrino Masses and OscillationsP. Hernandez 91

The Standard Model of Particle Physics:Status and Low-Energy TestsA. Pich 105

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High-Energy Tests of the Standard Model and BeyondF. Gianotti 117

Astroparticle Physics with the L3+C DetectorP. Le Coultre and LS collaboration 139

Beyond the Standard ModelJ. Ellis 143

Alpha: A Constant That Is Not a Constant?G. Fiorentini, B. Ricci 165

Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Most Powerful Cosmic ExplosionsE.P.J. van den Heuvel 174

Astrophysics with High Energy Gamma RaysH.J. VSlk 194

Cosmic Rays at the Highest EnergiesA.A. Watson 216

High-Energy Neutrinos from Cosmic RaysF. Halzen 227

Unravelling the X-Ray BackgroundG. Hasinger , 243

What Do We Really Know About Neutron Stars?L. Woltjer 253

Supermassive Black Holes in Galaxy CentersR. Bender, J. Kormendy 262

The Center of the Milky WayA. Eckart 267

Sources of Gravitational WavesB.F. Schutz 271

Status and Prospect of Laser-Interferometric Gravitational WaveAstronomyK. Danzmann, A. Rudiger 282

Fundamental Physics with Space ExperimentsS. Vitale 303

Astro Particle Physics from SpaceR. Battiston 316

Stars and Fundamental PhysicsG.G. Raffelt 334

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First Science Results from the VLT InterferometerF. Paresce, A. Glindemann, P. Kervella, A. Richichi, M. Schoeller,M. Tarenghi, R. van Boekel, M. Wittkowski 343

Formation of Planetary SystemsE.F. van Dishoeck 347

Extrasolar Planetary SystemsM. Mayor, N. C. Santos 359

Towards the Detection of Earth-Like Extra-Solar PlanetsM.A.C. Perryman 371

Future Perspectives at CERNJ. Ellis 381

Future Perspectives at ESOC. Cesarsky 397

Poster Papers

Inflationary Perturbations from Non-Scale Invariant PotentialsJ. Adams, B. Cresswell 415

QSO Absorption Lines as a Cosmological Probe:Exploring the Lyman Forest with VLT/UVESS. Bianchi, S. Cristiani, T.-S. Kim, S. D'Odorico 417

Higher Order Corrections to Lensing Parametersfor Extended Gravitational LensesS. Capozziello, V. Re 419

Testing Cosmological Models with Negative PressureA. Cappi 421

Determination of the Hubble Constantfrom Quadruply Imaged Gravitational Lens SystemsV.F. Cardone, S. Capozziello, V. Re, E. Piedipalumbo 423

The Sky Polarization Observatory (SPOrt) ProgrammeE. Carretti, S. Cortiglioni, G. Bernardi, S. Cecchini, C. Macculi,C. Sbarra, J. Monari, A. Orfei, S. Poppi, G. Boella, S. Bonometto,M. Gervasi, G. Sironi, M. Zannoni, M. Tucci, M. Baralis, O.A. Peverini,R. Tascone, R. Fabbri, L. Nicastro, K.W. Ng, V.A. Razin, E.N. Vinyajkin,M. V. Sazhin, LA. Strukov '. 425

EUSO — Extreme Universe Space Observatory0. Catalano, M.C. Maccarone, A. Santangelo, L. Scarsi 427

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Hubble Constant or Hubble Variable H?:Why Is the "Exact" H Not Discovered?A. Chechelnitsky 429

The NASA - MIDEX Swift MissionG. Chincarini, for the Swift Team 432

The Latest on the Database of Galaxies at High RedshiftsD. de Mello, E.P.G. Johansson, P. Markstrom 434

Serendipitous Detection of Radio Pulses from Evaporating BlackHoles, GRBs and Extragalactic Supernova Using SETI@homeP. Demorest, A. Golden, E. Korpela, D. Werthimer, R. Ekers 436

High Energy Photon Flux Predictionfrom Neutralino Annihilation in M 31A. Falvard, E. Giraud, A. Jacholkowska, K. Jedamzik, J. Lavalle,G. Moultaka, E. Nuss, F. Piron, P. Salati, M. Sapinski, R. Taillet 438

A New Unifying Field Spacetime StructureB. Feigler, M. Joseph 441

Visualization of Gravitational LensesF. Frutos-Alfaro 444

Evolution of Density Fluctuations in a UniverseDominated by sw(2)-Valued Yang-Mills FieldsA. Fuzfa, D. Lambert 446

High Energy Photon Flux Prediction from NeutralinoAnnihilation in the Globular Cluster Palomar 13E. Giraud, G. Meylan, M. Sapinski, A. Falvard, A. Jacholkowska,K. Jedamzik, J. Lavalle, E. Nuss, G. Moultaka, F. Piron, P. Salati,R. Taillet 448

Connections Between Quantum Theory and Cosmology:An Unconventional ViewT. Gornitz 450

The Prototype Synchrotron Radiation DetectorO. Grimm 453

Cosmic Shear from STIS Pure Parallels - II. AnalysisH. Hammerle, J.-M. Miralles, P. Schneider, T. Erben, R.A.E. Fosbury,W. Freudling, N. Pirzkal, S.D.M. White 455

Radio Ice Cherenkov ExperimentP. Harris for the RICE Collaboration 457

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First High-Resolution Observations of the Lyman a Forestat 0.9 < z < 1.7E. Janknecht, R. Baade, D. Reimers 459

Finding Atmospheres of Extra-Solar Planetsin High-Dispersion Near-Infrared SpectraH. U. Kaufl 461

A New X-Ray Probe for Supermassive Black Holesin Non-Active GalaxiesS. Komossa, D. Xu, J. Wei 463

EUSO: From Raw Data to Scientific ResultsM.C. Maccarone, 0. Catalano, A. Santangelo, L. Scarsi 465

Cosmic Alignment Towards the Radio Einstein RingPKS 1830-211G. Meylan, F. Courbin, J.-P. Kneib, C. Lidman 467

Gauge-Ready Formulation of the Cosmological Kinetic Theoryand CMBR AnisotropyH. Noh 469

APPLES: A Parallel Slitless Imaging Survey for ACSA. Pasquali, N. Pirzkal, J.R. Walsh, J.E. Rhoads, S. Malhotra,Z. Tsvetanov, and the APPLES Team 471

Radiative Effects in the Modelling of Accretiononto Stellar MagnetospheresN. Pogorelov, I. Kryukov, U. Anzer, G. Bisnovatyi-Kogan, G. Borner . . . . 473

The Dynamic Steady State Universe:A Qualitative Unification ModelC. Ranzan 475

ARCHEOPS: A Large Sky Coverage Balloon-Borne Experimentfor Mapping the Cosmic Microwave BackgroundC. Renault, for the Archeops collaboration 477

The European Ultra-High Precision Stellar PhotometryRoad Map for Asteroseismology and Planet Finding/. Roxburgh, F. Favata, A. Baglin, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard 479

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BaR-SPOrt: Balloon-Borne Radiometersfor Sky Polarization ObservationsC. Sbarra, S. Cortiglioni, G. Bernardi, E. Carretti, S. Cecchini,C. Macculi, G. Ventura, M. Baralis, O. Peverini, R. Tascone, G. Boella,S. Bonometto, M. Gervasi, G. Sironi, M. Tucci, M. Zannoni, V. Natale,R. Nesti, R. Fabbri, J. Monari, S. Poppi, L. Nicastro, R. Di Raffaele,A. Boscaleri, E. Pascale, P. de Bernardis, M. De Petris, S. Masi,M. V. Sazhin, E.N. Vinyajkin 481

Effects of Gravitational Lensing on the Hubble Diagramin Quintessence CosmologyM. Sereno 483

Problems of Cosmological Darwinian Selectionand the Origin of Habitable UniversesR. Vaas 485

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis of Lithium-7and the Baryon Density of the UniverseE. Vangioni-Flam, A. Coc, M. Casse 487

Introducing Astronomical Topicsat the University of Cooperative EducationH. Weghorn 489

Photometric Redshifts Using Submm WavelengthsT. Wiklind 491

Practical Problems with the Light Curves of GRB AfterglowsA. Zeh, S. Klose 493

Dark Matter in Dwarf Elliptical GalaxiesW. W. Zeilinger, H. Dejonghe, S. De Rijcke, G.K.T. Hau 495

Cosmological Test of Brane ModelsH. Ziaeepour 497

Author Index 499