Neutrinos and Explosive Events in the Universe

Dedication.- Preface.- Part I: Contemporary Challenges in Astrophysics and Cosmology.- Outstanding Problems in Particle Astrophysics; T.K. Gaisser.- Constructing the cosmos, from sunboats to superchisters; V. Trimble.- Recent Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope: A new View of the Infrared Universe; G.G. Fazio.- Beyond the Standard Model in Particle Physics and Cosmology: Convergence or Divergence?; M.Yu. Khlopov.- B-L Genesis: Generalities and Impact on Neutrino Physics; M. Yoshimura.- Part II: Explosive Events and their Aftermath.- Stellar explosion: from supernovae to gamma-ray bursts; K. Postnov.- Close by Compact Objects and Recent Supernovae in the Solar Vicinity; S. Popov.- Supernova Remnants as Cosmic Accelerators; V. Ptuskin.- Radial distribution of GRBs in host galaxies; D.I. Kosenko et al.- Black holes: physics and astrophysics; J.D. Bekenstein.- The Efficiency of Using Accretion Power of Kerr Black Holes; I. Dutan, P.L. Biermann.- Dark Matter: Past, Present and future; V. Trimble.- On Dynamics of Relativistic Shock Waves with Losses in Gamma-ray Burst Sources; E.V. Derishev et al.- The dynamics of the Carina spiral arm; S. Naoz, N.J. Shaviv.- Magnetic Field Generation and electron acceleration in Collisionless Shocks; C.B. Hededal et al.- Part III: High Energy Gamma Ray and Neutrino Astronomy.- High energy neutrino astronomy and underwater detectors; E. Migneco, G. Riccobene.- Recent Results from the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory; J.A. Goodman, for the Milagro Collaboration.- Physics potential and first results of the MAGIC telescope; E. Aliu et al.- First Results from the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov Telescope System in Namibia; M. Raue for the H.E.S.S. Collaboration.- The AMANDA Neutrino Telescope; A. Silvestri for the AMANDA Collaboration.- Observation of Very High Energy Gamma Rays from the Remnant of SN 1006 with HEGRA CT1; V. Vitale for HEGRA CT1-Munich group.- Optical Astronomy with Cherenkov telescopes; E. de Ona-Wilhelmi et al.- Status of ANITA