edited by U Cotti (IFMUMSNH, Morelia, México), R Jeannerot (ICTP, Trieste, Italy), G Senjanovic (ICTP, Trieste, Italy), & A Smirnov (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)

This volume presents the newest results and developments in the fast-moving field of astroparticle physics. The following topics are covered: dark matter, baryogenesis, neutrino physics and astrophysics, inflation, topological defects, cosmic ray physics and cosmological implications of grand unification, supersymmetry, superstrings and extra dimensions.

• Dark Matter:
  • CP-Violating Phases and the Dark Matter Problem (T Falk)
  • Dark Matter Annihilation at the Center of the Galaxy (P Gondolo)
• High Energy Cosmic Rays:
  • The Most Energetic Particles in the Universe (E Roulet et al.)
  • Cosmic Rays Signatures of Massive Relic Particles (S Sarkar)
• Energies in the Universe:
  • Quintessence in Tensor–Scalar Theories of Gravity (N Bartolo & M Pietroni)
  • Energy Conditions and Their Cosmological Implications (M Visser & C Barceló)
• Big Bang Nucleosynthesis:
  • The Current Status of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and Related Observations (K A Olive)
  • Lithium-6: A Probe of the Early Universe (K Jedamzik)
• Inflation:
  • Current Issues for Inflation (D Lyth)
  • Nonthermal Production of Dangerous Relics in the Early Universe (A Riotto)
• CMB and Structure Formation:
  • Back Reaction of Cosmological Perturbations (R H Brandenberger)
  • Cosmological Implications of a Neutrino Asymmetry (J Lesgourgues & S Pastor)
• Topological Defects:
  • Vortex Phases in Condensed Matter and Cosmology (M Laine)
  • The Fate of Cosmic String Zero Modes (A-C Davis et al.)
• Phase Transitions and Magnetic Fields:
  • High Temperature Symmetry Nonrestoration (B Bajc)
  • Primordial Magnetic Fields and Electroweak Baryogenesis (D Grasso)
• Q-Balls:
  • Cosmology of SUSY Q-Balls (A Kusenko)
  • Q-Ball Formation Through Affleck-Dine Mechanism (S Kasuya)
• Neutrinos:
  • Theoretical Implications of Recent Neutrino Discoveries (R Mohapatra)
  • Mirror Neutrinos and the Early Universe (R R Volkas)
• Baryogenesis:
  • Recent Progress in Affleck-Dine Baryogenesis (K Enqvist)
  • Sources for Electroweak Baryogenesis (K Kainulainen)
• String Cosmology:
  • Cosmology of Strongly Coupled Strings (P Binétruy)
  • Remarks of Anomalous U(1) Symmetries in String Theory (H P Nilles)
• Extra Dimensions:
  • Large Extra Space and Time Dimensions: Some Cosmological Issues (G Gabadadze)
  • Our World as an Expanding Shell (M Gogberashvili)
  • and other papers.