CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART 1 OVERVIEWS IN ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS -- DENSE MATTER -- 1. A Brief History -- 2. Gross Features of Neutron Stars -- 3. Hyperonization -- 4. First Order Transitions in Stars -- 4.1. Degrees of freedom and driving forces -- 4.2. Isospin symmetry energy as a driving force -- 4.3. Geometrical phases -- 4.4. Color-flavor locked quark-matter phase (CFL) -- 5. Rotation and Phase Transitions -- 6. Calculation -- 7. Results -- 8. Discussion -- 9. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- EXTREME ENERGY COSMIC RAYS AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS -- References -- GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: PROBING THE EXTREMES OF PHYSICS -- 1. Einstein's elusive waves -- 2. Gravitational-wave estimates and detection -- 3. Overview of gravitational-wave sources -- 3.1. Compact binary inspiral and merger -- 3.2. Black-hole oscillations -- 3.3. Supernova core collapse -- 4. Neutron stars as gravitational-wave sources -- 4.1. Lumpy stars -- 4.2. Wobbling stars -- 4.3. Pulsating (unstable) stars -- 4.4. Accreting stars -- 5. Final remarks -- References -- COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS: FASHION AND FACTS -- 1. Introduction: the contents of the Universe -- 2. Observations and cosmological parameters -- 2.1. What the CMB does actually tell us? -- 2.2. Is the Universe accelerating ? -- 2.3. Some reasons for caution -- 3. The mean density of the Universe from Clusters -- 4. New global tests -- 4.1. The evolution of the abundance of clusters -- 4.2. The local temperature distribution function -- 4.3. Application to the determination of Ωm -- 4.4. Systematic uncertainties in the determination of Ωm -- 4.5. An other global test : the baryon fraction in local clusters -- 4.6. The baryon fraction in high redshift clusters -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- PART 2 CONTRIBUTIONS -- Astroparticle Physics Beyond the Standard Model.

PHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF QUINTESSENTIAL BRANE COSMOLOGIES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quintessential brane cosmology -- 3. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- DARK RADIATION AND LOCALIZATION OF GRAVITY ON THE BRANE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brane Vaccum Field Equations -- 3. Localization of Gravity near the Brane -- 4. Inhomogeneous Dynamics for a de Sitter Brane -- 5. Singularities and Regular Bounces -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- ASTROPHYSICAL TESTS OF LORENTZ SYMMETRY IN ELECTRODYNAMICS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lorentz-Violating Electrodynamics -- 3. Birefringence -- 3.1. Pulse-Dispersion Constraints -- 3.2. Polarimetry Constraints -- 4. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- APPARENT LORENTZ VIOLATION THROUGH SPACETIME-VARYING COUPLINGS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cosmology -- 3. Spacetime-varying couplings -- 4. Lorentz violation -- 5. Summary -- References -- THE CERN AXION SOLAR TELESCOPE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Method -- 3. The CAST Experiment -- 4. Present Status and Future Plans -- References -- Matter Under Extreme Conditions -- PROPERTIES OF DENSE AND COLD QCD -- References -- STABILITY OF QUARK MATTER AND QUARK STARS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Chromodielectric model -- 3. Quark matter in the mean field approximation -- 4. Quark stars -- References -- HEAVY QUARKS OR COMPACTIFIED EXTRA DIMENSIONS IN THE CORE OF HYBRID STARS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Fifth Dimension and the Eötvös Experiment -- 3. Strange Compact Stars and the Cyg X-3 -- 4. The Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov Equation -- 5. Neutron Star in 4 Dimensions -- 6. Heavy Flavours in Hybrid Stars -- 7. Hybrid Stars in 5 Dimensions -- 8. More Extra Dimensions -- 9. Conclusions -- Appendix A: 5D Static Equilibrium and the TOV Equation -- Acknowledgments -- References -- RATIOS OF ANITBARYON/BARYON YIELDS IN HEAVY ION COLLISIONS.

Acknowledgements -- References -- Cosmic Rays -- EUSO: BASIC PARAMETERS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Parameters -- 2.1. Light Production -- 2.2. Light Propagation -- 2.3. Background -- 3. Measuring the basic parameters -- 3.1. Air fluorescence Yield -- 3.2. The BABY programme -- 3.3. The ULTRA experiment -- 3.4. Atmospheric sounding -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- THE RADIO TECHNIQUE 40 YEARS LATER: WHERE DO WE STAND? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Askar'yan effect: The excess charge -- 3. Advantages of the radio technique -- 4. Experimental progress -- 5. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- GPS SYNCHRONIZATION IN COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Time-Tagging System -- 2.1. GPS Board (GPSb) -- 2.2. Time Measuring Subsystem (TMS) -- 3. LIP-PAD Board -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- RESULTS FROM THE AMS01 1998 SHUTTLE FLIGHT -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data taking -- 3. Event reconstruction -- 4. Search for antihelium in cosmic rays -- 5. Protons in near earth orbit -- 5.1. Properties of the Primary Spectrum -- 5.2. Properties of the Second Spectrum -- 6. Leptons in near earth orbit -- 6.1. Origin of long lived leptons -- 6.2. Lepton charge ratio -- 7. Helium in near earth orbit -- 7.1. Above the geomagnetic cutoff -- 7.2. Below the geomagnetic cutoff -- 8. Conclusion -- Dedication -- Acknowledgment -- References -- ELECTRIC CHARGE RECONSTRUCTION WITH RICH DETECTOR OF THE AMS EXPERIMENT -- 1. The AMS02 detector -- 1.1. The RICH detector -- 2. Photon Pattern Tracing -- 3. Charge reconstruction -- 3.1. Photon Detection Efficiency -- 3.2. Counting the photoelectrons' number -- 4. Results -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- VELOCITY RECONSTRUCTION WITH THE RICH DETECTOR OF THE AMS EXPERIMENT -- 1. The AMS experiment and its RICH detector -- 2. The Reconstruction Method -- 2.1. A likelihood fit.

2.2. Clusters and photon emission point -- 3. Results -- 3.1. Flight Setup Geometry (simulation results) -- 3.2. Prototype Setup Geometry (preliminary results from test-runs data) -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics -- RESULTS FROM THE SUDBURY NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The SNO experiment -- 2.1. The detector -- 2.2. Neutrino interactions in SNO -- 3. Calibration -- 4. Backgrounds -- 4.1. Instrumental -- 4.2. Radioactive Backgrounds -- 5. Data Analysis -- 6. Day-Night analysis -- 7. Neutrino oscillation analysis -- 8. Summary -- References -- STATUS REPORT ON BOREXINO -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental setup -- 3. Physics Goals -- 3.1. Counting Test Facility and low radioactivity. -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- TESTING NEUTRINO PARAMETERS AT FUTURE ACCELERATORS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bilinear R-Parity Violation -- 2.1. The Model -- 3. Neutrino Masses and Mixings -- 3.1. Tree Level Neutral Fermion Mass Matrix -- 3.2. Approximate Diagonalization at Tree Level -- 3.3. Approximate Formulas for 1-Loop -- 4. Results for the Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos -- 4.1. The masses -- 4.2. The mixings -- 5. Probing Neutrino Mixing via Neutralino Decays -- 6. Probing Neutrino Mixing via Charged Lepton Decays -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Gravitational Waves and Tests of General Relativity -- RELATIVISTIC R-MODES IN SLOWLY ROTATING NEUTRON STARS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Formulation -- 3. r-Modes of Neutron Star Models -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- COLLISION OF HIGHLY RELATIVISTIC PARTICLES WITH BLACK HOLES: THE GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION GENERATED -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Formalism -- 3. Numerical Results -- 3.1. Non Rotating Black Holes -- 3.2. The general case of rotating holes -- Acknowledgments -- References.

PAIR OF ACCELERATED BLACK HOLES IN AN ANTI-DE SITTER BACKGROUND: THE ADS C-METRIC -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General Properties -- 3. Causal Structure -- 4. Physical Interpretation -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- TIMING THE PSR J2016+1947 BINARY SYSTEM: TESTING THE FUNDAMENTAL ASSUMPTION OF GENERAL RELATIVITY -- 1. The Strong Equivalence Principle -- 1.1. The Nordtvedt Effect -- 2. Testing SEP using the Nordtvedt effect -- 2.1. Weak Field tests -- 2.2. Strong Field tests -- 3. The discovery of PSR J2016+1947 -- 4. Comparison of PSR J2016+1947 with other binary systems as a Nordtvedt laboratory. -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Supernovae and Dark Matter -- SUPERNOVAE AND DARK ENERGY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cosmological parameters from "standard candles" -- 3. Current results -- 4. How much better can we do with Type la SNe? -- 5. The next generation of SN experiments -- 6. The quintessence alternative -- 7. The Nature of Dark Matter -- 8. Summary and conclusions -- References -- CURRENT STATUS OF TYPE IA SUPERNOVAE THEORY AND THEIR ROLE IN COSMOLOGY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Progenitors -- 3. Thermonuclear flames -- 4. Light curves of SNe la -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- INTENSIVE SUPERNOVAE SEARCHES -- 1. Current results -- 2. The Nearby Supernova Factory -- 3. The supernova program of the CFHT Legacy survey -- 4. The spring 2002 "rolling search" at CFHT -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- PROBING THE DARK MATTER WITHIN THE SOLAR INTERIOR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Solar Seismology and Inversions -- 3. The Seismic Sun and The Solar Standard Model -- 4. Evolution of the Sun within the presence of Dark Matter -- 5. The Future of the Solar internal structure -- References -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.