CONTENTS -- Preface -- List of Participants -- Supercritical Fields, Extreme Neutron-Rich Isotopes, and Short Living Giant Atoms W. Greiner -- 1. The Vacuum in Quantum Electrodynamics -- Adiabatic dynamics of heavy nuclear system -- 2. Extreme Neutron-Rich Nuclei Ante Portas -- 3. On Superheavy Element Formation and Beyond -- Damped collisions of transuranium nuclei -- Giant quasi-atoms and spontaneous positron formation -- 4. Concluding Remarks Outlook -- References -- The Chirality of Life: From Phase Transitions to Astrobiology M. Gleiser and S.I. Walker -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Search for Life in the Universe -- 3. Deciphering the Origin of Life's Chirality -- 3.1. Modeling prebiotic homochirality -- 3.2. Prebiotic homochirality as a critical phenomenon -- 3.2.1. Modeling spatiotemporal polymerization -- 3.2.2. Coupling to the environment: a critical point for homochirality -- 4. Punctuated Chirality -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Constraints on the Nuclear EoS from Neutron Star Observables D. Blaschke, T. Kl ahn and F. Weber -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Neutron Star Masses -- 3. Gravitational Mass Baryon Number Relation -- 4. Mass-Radius Constraints from Neutron Stars in LMXBs -- 5. Mass-Radius Relation Constraint from RX J1856.5-3754 -- 6. Surface Redshift -- 7. Moment of Inertia -- 8. Rotational Frequencies -- 9. Mass Clustering -- 10. Stellar Cooling -- 11. Temperature-Age (TA) Test -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Proto-Neutron and Neutron Stars V. Dexheimer, S. Schramm and H. Stoecker -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Parity Doublet Model -- 3. Neutron Stars -- 4. Cooling -- 5. Rotation -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Quark-Gluon Plasma in Neutron Stars R.B. Jacobsen, C.A.Z. Vasconcellos, B.E.J. Bodmann and F. Fernandez -- 1. The Model for the Hadronic Phase -- 2. The Model for the QGP Phase.

3. Phase Transition Involving a Hadron Gas and the QGP -- 4. Results and Conclusions -- References -- Using Skyrme Models to Describe Asymmetric Nuclear Matter M. Dutra, O. Louren co, A. Delfino and J.S. Sa Martins -- 1. Skyrme-type Models -- 1.1. Symmetry Energy -- 2. Isospin Distillation -- 3. High Density Behavior -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- URCA Process in an Effective Model for Neutron Stars A. Mesquita, M. Razeira, F. Fernandez and C.A.Z. Vasconcellos -- 1. Introdution -- 2. Emissivity in the URCA Process -- 3. Results -- 4. Conclusions and Perspectives -- References -- Stellar Matter Constrained to Nuclear Physics Experiments D.P. Menezes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Relativistic Models -- 3. Establishing Constraints from Stellar Properties -- 4. Establishing Constraints from Nuclear Physics: Neutron Skin Thickness -- 5. Establishing Constraints from Heavy-ion Collisions: Particle Production in a Au+Au Collision -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- An Investigation of the Coupling Constants in Quantum Hadrodynamics Effective Models L.N. Burigo, B.E.J. Bodmann, R.B. Jacobsen, C.A.Z. Vasconcellos and F. Fernandez -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The QHD Model -- 3. The Effective Hyperon-Meson Couplings -- 4. Parametrization of the QHD Model -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Cold Nuclear Matter Described by Nonlinear Relativistic Point-Coupling Models in ps =p Approach O. Louren co, A. Delfino and M. Malheiro -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dirac Formalism -- 3. Nuclear Equations of State at T = 0 -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Dynamical Collapse of Neutron Stars: Crust Ejection and Gravitational Wave Emission G.F. Marranghello, J.C.N. Araujo and O.D. Miranda -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hydrodynamical Collapse -- 3. Neutron Star Versus Equation of State -- 4. Numerical Results and Conclusions.

References -- Neutron Stars in an Effective Model with Adjustable Coefficients A. Mesquita, M. Razeira, F. Fernandez and C.A.Z. Vasconcellos -- 1. Adjustable Coefficients Lagrangian Mode -- 2. Results -- References -- Mass Ejection in Protoneutron Star Induced by Neutrino Emission L.G. Almeida, S.B. Duarte, H. Rodrigues and D. Portes Jr. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Two Shell Effective Dynamics with Neutrino Diffusion -- 3. Results and Conclusions -- References -- On the Confined-Deconfined Phase Transition in Nuclear Matter L.N. Burigo, R.B. Jacobsen, C.A.Z. Vasconcellos, B.E.J. Bodmann and F. Fernandez -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Adjustable Model and the Hadron Phase -- 3. Effective Quark Mass Bag Model and the Quark Phase -- 4. Hybrid Nuclear Matter Phase Transition -- 5. Results, Conclusions and Perspectives -- References -- CFL-Quark Star in the Density-Dependent Quark Mass Model J.C.T. Oliveira, H. Rodrigues and S.B. Duarte -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quark Matter Equation of State -- 3. Results and Conclusions -- References -- Color Superconductivity with 2 and 3 Flavors in the Chromodielectric Model M. Vidalis and M. Malheiro -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Results -- 2.1. Strange matter -- 2.2. Non-strange matter -- 3. Conclusions -- References -- On the Chemical Potential of Dark Energy S.H. Pereira -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Thermodynamics Properties of the Dark Energy -- 3. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Wavelet Analysis of Stellar Rotation and Other Periodicities: From the Sun to CoRoT D.B. de Freitas, I. de C. Leao, B.L.C. Martins, J.D. do Nascimento Jr. and J.R. de Medeiros -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Procedures and Data Analysis -- 3. Results and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Analogue of Superradiance Effect in Acoustic Black Hole in the Presence of Disclination F.A. Gomes and G.A. Marques -- 1. Introduction.

2. Effective Acoustic Geometry -- 3. Klein Gordon Equation in the Sonic Black Hole Scenario Draining Bathtub Flow Model -- 4. Acoustic Black Hole in the Presence of a Disclination and Amplification Sound Wave -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Prevalence of Energy Conditions in Friedmann Cosmology and Hubble Diagram of Gamma-Ray Bursts H.J. Mosquera Cuesta, C.A. Bonilla Quintero, R. Turcati, J. Morais, C. Furlanetto and H. Dumet M. -- 1. Introduction: GRB Standardized Candles for Accurate Cosmology -- 2. Energy Conditions in General Relativity -- 2.1. Open issues regarding the enforcement of ECs -- 3. FLRW Cosmological Model: Distance Modulus versus Redshift Relation -- 3.1. Luminosity distance versus redshift relation -- 3.2. Mid-way analysis: Results on prevalence of ECs in FLRW -- 3.3. Role of the cosmological constant -- 4. Discussion, Conclusions and Closing Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Growth of Primordial Fluctuations in a Vacuum Energy Decay Model N. Pires and H.T.C.M. de Souza -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Model -- 3. Analyzed Models: Results and Discussions -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- On the Quintessence Scalar Field Potential J.A.E. Carrillo, J.M. Silva and J.A.S. Lima -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Equations -- 3. Evolution of the Scale Factor and the Quintessence Potential -- 3.1. Solution of the at case -- 3.2. Solution k 6= 0 (open and closed Universes) -- 4. Transition Epoch -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Inducing a Modified Brans-Dicke Theory of Gravity from Five-Dimensional Vacuum J.E.M. Aguilar, C. Romero and A. Barros -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brans Dicke Field Equations in Five Dimensions -- 3. The Induced Four-Dimensional Modified Brans Dicke Theory -- 4. The Five-Dimensional Analog of the O'Hanlon and Tupper Solution.

5. Embedding the O'Hanlon and Tupper Solution in Five-Dimensional Vacuum Space -- 6. Final Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Interacting Strangelets and their Presence Among Cosmic Ray Primaries L. Paulucci and J.E. Horvath -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Inuence of Finite Temperature -- 3. Strangelets in the ISM -- 4. Strangelets in the Earth's Atmosphere -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Revisiting the Confrontation of the Energy Conditions Bounds with Supernovae Data M.P. Lima, S.D.P. Vitenti and M.J. Reboucas -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Preliminaries -- 3. Results and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Dark Energy Equation of State and Cosmic Topology S.D.P. Vitenti, M.P. Lima and M.J. Reboucas -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Poincar e Dodecahedral Space -- 3. Dark Energy Parametrization -- 4. Observational Constraints -- 5. Results and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Evolution of Primordial Density Perturbations in (t) Cosmologies N. Pires -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Varying Vacuum Energy During the Matter Era -- 3. Evolution of the Contrast of Dark and Baryonic Matter -- 3.1. Dark matter contrast -- 3.2. Baryonic matter contrast -- 4. Results and Discussion -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Simplified Chaplygin Gas: Deriving H0 from Ages of OHROs and BAOs R.C. Santos and J.F. Jesus -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Models -- 2.1. Simplified Chaplygin Quintessence Cosmology -- 2.2. Simplified Quartessence Cosmology -- 3. Observational Constraints -- 3.1. Age-redshift test -- 3.2. Age-redshift and BAO: joint analysis -- 4. Results and Discussions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The Role of Magnetic Braking Effects on the Rotation of Subgiant and Giant Stars S.C. Maciel, D.B. de Freitas and J.R. de Medeiros -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Rotational velocity calculation.

2.1. Theory versus observation.