CONTENTS -- Preface -- Review and Scope -- Origin and Evolution of Matter in Brane-World Cosmology G. J. Muthews -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. Brane-World Cosmology -- 3. Disappearing Dark Matter -- 4. Time Varying vs. Galactic Chemical Evolution -- 5. The Search for a Compact Dimension -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- I. Big Bang Cosmology and Primordial Nucleosynthesis -- Updated Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis Compared to WMAP Results A. COC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nuclear reaction rates -- 3. SBBN calculations -- 4. Possible origins of 'Li discrepancy between SBBN and CMB -- 4.1. Stellar -- 4.2. Nuclear -- 4.3. Cosrnology -- 4.4. Pregalactic evolution -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Decaying Cold Dark Matter Cosmology and CMB Anisotropies K. Ichiki -- 1. Introduction -- 2. CMB and DCDM -- 2.1. Background Equations -- 2.2. Perturbation Equations -- 2.3. Boltzmann Hierarchy for Daughter Radiation -- 3. CMB Constraint and Discussions -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Hadronic Decay of SUSY Particle and Destruction of Light Elements K. Kohri -- References -- II. Observations: X-Rays, Cosmic Rays and Meteoritic Anomalies -- Nuclear Astrophysics with the INTEGRAL Observatory R. Diehl -- 1. Introduction -- 2. INTEGRAL and its Spectrometer -- 3. First Science Results -- 3.1. Interstellar 26Al -- 3.2. Positron Annihilation -- 4. Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Probing the Galactic Chemical Evolution of Si and Ti with Presolar Sic Grains S. Amari -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Silicon carbide grains of an AGB star origin -- 2.1. Carbon, N and Si isotopic ratios of SIC grains -- 2.2. AGB star origin of mainstream, Y and Z grains -- 2.3. Silicon and Ti -- 2.4. Z grains -- 3. Models of AGB stars -- 3.1. Comparison between the grain data and the models -- 3.1. I . Silicon -- 3.1.2. Titanium -- 4. Future work -- References.

XMM Observations of Metal Abundances in the Intracluster Medium K. Matsushita -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Observation -- 3. Result -- 4. Comparison with stellar metallicity and SN II abundance pattern -- 5. The Fe abundance profile and SN Ia contribution -- 6. The abundance ratios of O,Si and Fe and abundance pattern of SN Ia -- 7. The failure of the cooling flow model -- References -- Recent Advances in the Study of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars F.: Primas -- 1. Introduction: The Role of Metal-Poor Stars -- 2. Metal-Poor Stars: Searches and Findings -- 2.1. HE 0107-5240: the most metal-poor star ever found -- 2.2. Chemical Signatures of the First Stellar Generations -- 2.3. C-rich, Very Metal-Poor Stars -- 2.4. n-capture Nucleosynthesis in the Early Galaxy -- 2.4.1. Cosmo-chronometry: Dating Very Metal-Poor Stars -- 3. Concluding Remarks -- Acknow ledgernents -- References -- What Do Metal-Poor Stars Tell?: Origin of O-Zn and r-Process Elements I: Ishimaru -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Inhomogeneous Chemical Evolution -- 2.1. [X/Fe] us. [Fe/H] predicted by diflerent SN models -- 2.2. Statistical analysis of dispersions and SN yields -- 3. The site of r-process inferred from Eu abundances -- 3.1. Enrichment of Eu in the Halo -- 3.2. Detection of low Eu abundances -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- III. Weak Interaction, Neutrinos, Dark Matter -- Neutrino Experiments and Their Implications A. B. Balantekin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Limits on Solar Density Fluctuations -- 3. Two-Body Axial Current -- 4. Implications for r-process Nucleosynthesis -- References -- Perspectives of Neutrino Studies by Neutrino-Less Double Beta Decays H. Ejiri -- 1. Majorana neutrino masses and double beta decays -- 2. Effective neutrino mass and neutrino mass spectrum -- 3. Sensitivity of Experiments to the effective neutrino mass.

4. Rare nuclear decay measurements with signal selection by spatial and time correlation analyses -- 5 . Perspectives of experiments -- 5.1. MAJORANA for double beta decays of 76Ge -- 5.2. MOON for double beta decays of 100Mo -- 5.3. CUORE for double beta decays of 130Te -- 5.4. EXO for double beta decays of 136Xe -- 6. Summary and remarks -- References -- Current Status of Tokyo Dark Matter Experiment Y. Inoue -- 1. Introduction -- 2. LiF/NaF bolometer -- 2.1. Experimental set-up -- 2.2. Measurement and Result -- 3. Direction-sensitive organic crystal scintillator -- 3.1. Measurement of anisotropic scintillation response -- 3.2. Kamioka pilot experiment -- 4. Summary -- References -- High-Energy Neutrinos Produced by Interactions of Relativistic Protons in Shocked Pulsar Wind S. Nagataki -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Method of Calculation -- 2.1. Nebular Flow -- 2.2. Emissivity of High Eneqy Gamma-rays and Neutrinos -- 3. Results -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- IV. Evolution and Nucleosynthesis in Stars, and Cross Sections - Hydro Static Burning -- Recent Results for Proton Capture S Factors from Measurements of Asymptotic Normalization Coefficients R. Tribble -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Introduction to ANCs -- 3. Recent ANC Measurements -- 4. S factors from the ANCs and their astrophysical importance -- References -- Neutron Capture Cross Section of 14C Studied by Intermediate-Energy Coulomb Dissociation T. Nakamura -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Characteristics of Coulomb Dissociation of Halo Nuclei and Neutron Capture Reaction -- 3. Experimental Procedure -- 4. Results and Discussions -- 5 . Summary -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Nucleosynthesis in Massive Core-Collapse Supernovae as the Origin of Abundances in Extremely Metal-Poor Stars H. Umeda -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nucleosynthesis calculations.

2.1. Trends in the iron peak elements and hypernovae -- 3. EMP Stars with Typical (C-normal) Abundance Pattern -- 4. C-rich Fe-poor stars -- 4.1. The most Fe-poor star: HE 0107-5240 -- 4.2. Other C-rich EMP stars -- References -- Evolution, Explosion, and Nucleosynthesis of Pop III Super-Massive Stars T Ohkubo -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Stellar Evolution -- 2.1. Models and Assumptions -- 2.2. Presupernova Evolution -- 3 . Explosion -- 3.1. Hydrodynamics -- 3.2. Nucleosynthesis -- 3.3. Treatment of Jet Matter -- 4. Results of Hydrodynamics -- 4.1. Ezplosion Energy and Ejected Mass -- 5. Explosive Nucleosynthesis -- 6. Integrated Abundance Patterns and Comparison with Observation -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- The Trojan Horse Method in Nuclear Astrophysics C. Spitaleri -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE PRINCIPLE OF THE METHOD -- 2.1. Quasi-Free mechanism -- 2.2. From Quasi Free Reactions to the Trojan Horse Method -- 3. VALIDITY TEST FOR THE POLE APPROXIMATION -- 4. RESULTS -- 5 . CONCLUSIONS -- References -- The s-Process Nucleosynthesis in Massive Metal-Poor Stars N. Iwamoto -- 1. Introduction -- 2 . The Models -- 3. Results -- 3.1. 22Ne(n)25Mg reaction and the s-process -- 3.2. The s-Process in Extremely Low Metdlicity Stars -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- 186Re Isomer Contribution to 187Re-187Os Cosmochronometer T. Hayakawa -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Measurement of the neutron capture ratio of the isomer to the ground state in 186Re -- 3. Estimation using the steady-flow model -- 4. Summary -- References -- Direct Measurement of the E1 and E2 Cross Sections of the 12C ( , y)16O Reaction at Ec,m, = 1.3 1.5 MeV T. Shima -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Method -- 3. Data Analysis -- 4. Target Monitor -- 5. Result -- 6. Summary and Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- V. Nuclear Data and Nuclear Physics.

Microscopic Nuclear Structure Relevant to Nuclear Astrophysics W Nazarewicz -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Territory of Nucleonic Matter -- 3. Towards the Universal Nuclear Energy Density Functional -- 3.1. Density Functional Theory and Skyrme HFB -- 3.2. From Finite Nuclei to Bulk Nucleonic Matter -- 3.3. Microscopic Mass Table -- 4. Continuum Shell Model -- 4.1. Gamow Shell Model -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Theoretical Models for Nuclear Astrophysics P. Descouvement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical models -- 2.1. General discussion -- 2.2. The R-matrix method -- 2.3. The DWBA method -- 2.4. Microscopic models -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- Global Calculations of Fission Barriers and Beta-Decay Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei P. Moller -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fission-Barrier Studies -- 2.1. Shape Parameterization -- 2.2. Global Barrier Studies -- 2.3. Barriers of r-Process Nuclei -- 3. Decay Properties -- 4. Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Synthesis of Superheavy Elements K. Morita -- References -- Determination of S17, Based on CDCC Analysis of 8B Dissociation K. Ogata -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Asymptotic Normalization Coefficient method -- 3. The method of Continuum-Discretized Coupled-C hannels -- 4. Numerical results and the extracted S17(0) -- 5. Summary and Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- VI. Novae, Supernovae, and Explosive Nucleosynthesis, GRB Models and Nuclearphysics Parameters -- The r-Process in Supernova Explosions from the Collapse of ONeMg Cores S. Wanajo -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Prompt Explosion -- 3. The r-Process -- 4. Contribution to Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy -- 5. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Nucleosynthesis in the Neutrino-Driven Winds from Rotating Proto-Neutron Stars T. Yamasaki -- References.

Neutrino Effects Before, During and After the Freezeout of the r-Process Nucleosynthesis M. Terasawa.