Solar, Stellar and Galactic Connections Between Particle Physics and Astrophysics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carramiñana, Alberto (Editor), Guzmán, Francisco Siddhartha (Editor), Matos, Tonatiuh (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Nuclear physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

This book collects extended and specialized reviews on topics linking astrophysics and particle physics at a level intermediate between a graduate student and a young researcher. The book includes also three reviews on observational techniques used in forefront astrophysics and short articles on res...

Table of Contents:

• Extended Topics
• Nuclear Astrophysics: Evolution of Stars from Hydrogen Burning to Supernova Explosion
• Pulsars as Probes of Relativistic Gravity, Nuclear Matter, and Astrophysical Plasmas
• Theory of Gamma-Ray Burst Sources
• Understanding Galaxy Formation and Evolution
• Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays: From GeV to ZeV
• Astronomical Technical Reviews
• Radio Astronomy: The Achievements and the Challenges
• Gamma-ray Astrophysics - Before GLAST
• Gravitational Wave Detectors: A New Window to the Universe
• Research Short Contributions
• Hybrid Extensive Air Shower Detector Array at the University of Puebla to Study Cosmic Rays
• Search for Gamma Ray Bursts at Sierra Negra, México
• Are There Strangelets Trapped by the Geomagnetic Field?
• Late Time Behavior of Non Spherical Collapse of Scalar Field Dark Matter
• Inhomogeneous Dark Matter in Non-trivial Interaction with Dark Energy
• Mini-review on Scalar Field Dark Matter.