Neutrinos and Explosive Events in the Universe

Dedication. Preface.Part I: Contemporary Challenges in Astrophysics and Cosmology. Outstanding Problems in Particle Astrophysics; T.K. Gaisser. Constructing the cosmos, from sunboats to superchisters; V. Trimble. Recent Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope: A new View of the Infrared Universe; G.G. Fazio. Beyond the Standard Model in Particle Physics and Cosmology: Convergence or Divergence? M.Yu. Khlopov. B-L Genesis: Generalities and Impact on Neutrino Physics; M. Yoshimura. Part II: Explosive Events and their Aftermath. Stellar explosion: from supernovae to gamma-ray bursts; K. Postnov. Close by Compact Objects and Recent Supernovae in the Solar Vicinity; S. Popov. Supernova Remnants as Cosmic Accelerators; V. Ptuskin. Radial distribution of GRBs in host galaxies; D.I. Kosenko et al. Black holes: physics and astrophysics; J.D. Bekenstein. The Efficiency of Using Accretion Power of Kerr Black Holes; I. Dutan, P.L. Biermann. Dark Matter: Past, Present and future; V. Trimble. On Dynamics of Relativistic Shock Waves with Losses in Gamma-ray Burst Sources; E.V. Derishev et al. The dynamics of the Carina spiral arm; S. Naoz, N.J. Shaviv. Magnetic Field Generation and electron acceleration in Collisionless Shocks; C.B. Hededal et al. Part III: High Energy Gamma Ray and Neutrino Astronomy. High energy neutrino astronomy and underwater detectors; E. Migneco, G. Riccobene.- Recent Results from the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory; J.A. Goodman, for the Milagro Collaboration. Physics potential and first results of the MAGIC telescope; E. Aliu et al. First Results from the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov Telescope System in Namibia; M. Raue for the H.E.S.S. Collaboration. The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope; A. Silvestri for the AMANDA Collaboration. Observation of Very High Energy Gamma Rays from the Remnant of SN 1006 with HEGRA CT1; V. Vitale for HEGRA CT1-Munich group. Optical Astronomy with Cherenkov telescopes; E. de Ona-Wilhelmi et al. Status of ANITA and ANITA-lite; A. Silvestri for the ANITA Collaboration. Optical SETI with MAGIC; A. Armada et al. Part IV: Energetic Particles: from the Heliosphere to the Galaxy and Beyond. Elemental Composition and Propagation of Cosmic Rays at High Energies; D. Mueller. TeV-scale Gravity: Detecting black holes with cosmic ray air showers; Eun-Joo Ahn, M. Cavaglia. Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays: Analysis of Directional Correlations with Astrophysical Sources; I.C. Maris, P.L. Biermann. Are Clusters Indicators of Cosmic Ray Anisotropy?; A.A. Mikhailov, N.N. Efremov. Using Cosmic Rays for Monitoring and Forecasting Dangerous Solar Flare Events; L.E. Dorman. The Knee in the Energy Spectrum of Cosmic Rays; J.R. Horandel. The KASCADE-Grande experiment; M. Brueggemann et al. Calibration of the KASCADE-Grande Hadron Calorimeter at an Accelerator; S. Plewnia et al. The AMS experiment; A.S. Torrento Coello. Solar Neutron Observation at Ground Level and from Space; M.R. Moser et al. Monte Carlo simulations and semianalytical parameterisations of the atmospheric muon flux; B. Mitrica et al. Measurement of the Fluorescence Yield in Air with the AirLight Experiment; T. Waldenmaier et al. Participants. Index.