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SOLAR, STELLAR AND GALACTIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS SOLAR, STELLAR AND GALACTIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PARTICLE PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS Edited by ALBERTO CARRAMIÑANA Instituto Nacional de Astofísica, Óp tica y Electrón ica,Tonantzintla, México FRANCISCO SIDDHARTHAGUZMÁN Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México and TONATIUH MATOS Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, México DF, México AC.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN-10 1-4020-5574-9 (HB) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5574-4 (HB) ISBN-10 1-4020-5575-7 (e-book) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-5575-1 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AADordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 2007 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Contents Preface ........................................................ vii List of Contributors ........................................... ix Part I Extended Topics Nuclear Astrophysics: Evolution of Stars from Hydrogen Burning to Supernova Explosion K. Langanke .................................................... 3 Pulsars as Probes of Relativistic Gravity, Nuclear Matter, and Astrophysical Plasmas James M. Cordes ................................................ 43 Theory of Gamma-Ray Burst Sources Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz ............................................. 77 Understanding Galaxy Formation and Evolution Vladimir Avila-Reese .............................................115 Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays: From GeV to ZeV Gustavo Medina Tanco ...........................................165 Part II Astronomical Technical Reviews Radio Astronomy: The Achievements and the Challenges Luis F. Rodr´ıguez ................................................199 Gamma-ray Astrophysics - Before GLAST Alberto Carramin˜ana .............................................215 v vi Contents Gravitational Wave Detectors: A New Window to the Universe Gabriela Gonza´lez, for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration..............231 Part III Research Short Contributions Hybrid Extensive Air Shower Detector Array at the University of Puebla to Study Cosmic Rays O. Mart´ınez, E. P´erez, H. Salazar, L. Villasen˜or.....................243 Search for Gamma Ray Bursts at Sierra Negra, M´exico H. Salazar, L. Villasen˜or, C. Alvarez, O. Mart´ınez ...................253 Are There Strangelets Trapped by the Geomagnetic Field? J.E. Horvath, G.A. Medina Tanco, L. Paulucci ......................263 Late Time Behavior of Non Spherical Collapse of Scalar Field Dark Matter Argelia Bernal, F. Siddhartha Guzma´n..............................271 Inhomogeneous Dark Matter in Non-trivial Interaction with Dark Energy Roberto A. Sussman, Israel Quiros and Osmel Mart´ın Gonz´alez........279 Mini-review on Scalar Field Dark Matter L. Arturo Uren˜a–L´opez ...........................................295 Index..........................................................303 Preface TheverysmallandtheverylargeareintimatelyconnectedinNature.Particle physics and astrophysics meet in fundamental questions: the structure and evolutionofstars;theirendandhowthisismanifested;howwethinkgalaxies are created from matter we have yet to discover and why we believe the most energetic particles cannot come from the most distant universe. During the IV Escuela Mexicana de Astrof´ısica (EMA-2005), held in the beautiful colonial city of Morelia between 18 and 23 July 2005, we reviewed and explored the numerous connections between astrophysics and particle physics. The core of the school program, aimed to advanced postgraduated students and young researchers in physics and astrophysics, was formed by half a dozen extended lecture courses delivered by recognized experts in their fields.Thewrittenversionsofthesecoursesbecamethemainsubstanceofthis book. Three review talks were devoted to the techniques and results of novel astronomicalwindowsoftheXXandXXIcenturies:radioastronomy,gamma- ray astronomy and gravitational wave astronomy. This volume includes also six short contributions, presented as single talks during the EMA-2005, ex- amples of experimental and theoretical research work presently conducted in M´exico and Latin-America. ThisbookisthefinalproductofatwoyearprocesscenteredontheEMA- 2005. We believe it will serve as a guide not just to the participants but also to the communities of all interrelated fields. AseditorsandorganizersoftheEMA-2005wearegratefultothesponsors institutions: - Centro de Investigaci´on y Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV) of the Insti- tuto Polit´ecnico Nacional; - Consejo Estatal de Ciencia y Tecnolog´ıa (COECyT) del Estado de Mi- choac´an; - Instituto de F´ısico de la Universidad de Guanajuato (IFUG); - Instituto Nacional de Astrof´ısica, O´ptica y Electro´nica (INAOE); - la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicola´s de Hidalgo (UMSNH); - la Universidad Nacional Auto´noma de M´exico (UNAM). vii viii Preface The Organizing Committee, chaired by Tonatiuh Matos (CINVESTAV), in- cluded Vladimir A´vila-Reese (UNAM), Ricardo Becerril (UMSNH), Alberto Carramin˜ana (INAOE), Jos´e Garc´ıa (IFUG), Efra´ın Cha´vez (UNAM), Jorge Hirsch (UNAM), Lukas Nellen (UNAM), Dany Page (UNAM), Luis Felipe Rodr´ıguez(UNAM),Jos´eVald´esGalicia(UNAM)andArnulfoZepeda(CIN- VESTAV). The government of the State of Michoaca´n was very supportive of thiseventandisspeciallythankedfortakingchargeofthesplendidConference Dinner. Morelia, Michoaca´n, Alberto Carramin˜ana June 2006 Francisco Siddhartha Guzma´m Tonatiuh Matos List of Contributors Karlheinz Langanke Luis Felipe Rodr´ıguez Technische Universit´at Darmstadt, Centro de Radioastronom´ıa y D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany Astrof´ısica, UNAM, [email protected] Morelia, Michoaca´n 58089, M´exico [email protected] James M. Cordes Alberto Carramin˜ana Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853, Instituto Nacional de Astrof´ısica, USA O´ptica y Electro´nica, [email protected] Tonantzintla, Puebla 72840, M´exico [email protected] Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz Gabriela Gonz´alez - for the Institute for Advanced Study, LIGO Scientific Collaboration Einstein Drive, Princeton NJ 08540, Department of Physics and Astron- USA omy, Louisiana State University [email protected] 202 Nicholson Hall, Tower Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA Vladimir A´vila-Reese [email protected] InstitutodeAstronom´ıa,Universidad Nacional Auto´noma Oscar Mart´ınez de M´exico, AP 70-264, M´exico DF Facultad de Ciencias 04510 F´ısico-Matem´aticas, Benem´erita Universidad [email protected] Auto´noma de Puebla, Puebla, Puebla 72570, M´exico Gustavo Medina Tanco [email protected] Instituto Astronoˆmico e Geof´ısico, USP, Brazil E. Perez Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Facultad de Ciencias F´ısico- UNAM, M´exico Matem´aticas, Benem´erita Universi- [email protected] dad ix
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