edited by Husain Athar (National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taiwan), Guey-Lin Lin (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan), & Kin-Wang Ng (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

This volume contains detailed articles by theorists and experimentalists in the newly developing field of astroparticle physics. A large variety of topics are covered. These include the role of neutrinos in astroparticle physics, big bang nucleosynthesis, string theory and cosmology.

• The Highest Energy Cosmic Rays, Gamma-Rays and Neutrinos: Facts, Fancy and Resolution (F Halzen)
• Big Bang Nucleosynthesis, Implications of Recent CMB Data and Supersymmetric Dark Matter (K Olive)
• Research Program of the TEXENO Collaboration: Status and Highlights (H T-K Wong & J Li)
• New Results from AMS Cosmic Ray Measurements (M A Huang)
• Measurement of Attenuation Length in Rock Salt and Limestone in Radio Wave for Ultra-High Energy Neutrino Detector (M Chiba et al.)
• Expected Performance of a Neutrino Telescope for Seeing AGN/GC Behind a Mountain (G W S Hou & M A Huang)
• Galactic High-Energy Cosmic-Ray Tau Neutrino Flux (K Cheung et al.)
• On Non Hadronic Origin of High Energy Neutrinos (H Athar & G-L Lin)
• Questions in Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (W-Y P Hwang)
• Noncommutative Early Universe (P-M Ho)
• Cosmological Constant, Quintessence and Mini-Universes (X-G He)
• Stability of the Anisotropic Brane Cosmology (W F Kao)
• Dark Energy, Primordial Magnetic Fields, and Time-Varying Fine-Structure Constant (K-W Ng)