{"product_id":"9789814449380","title":"Towards Ultimate Understanding Of The Universe - Proceedings Of The First Lecospa Symposium","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe past two decades have observed dramatic advancement in our understanding of the universe. Such progress in turn has triggered further questions yet to be answered. Aspired by such prospects, several institutions dedicated to the research of cosmology have been established in the last decade, which include the Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (LeCosPA) at the National Taiwan University. To celebrate its 4th anniversary the First LeCosPA Symposium was held in February 2012 at NTU. Internationally renowned physicists and authorities in cosmology, particle astrophysics, gravity and general relativity, and high energy physics convened to survey our present understanding of the universe and to explore the future prospects from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. Topics covered include the detection and the nature of dark matter and dark energy, the fundamental understanding of space, time, mass and gravity itself, cosmological constant and vacuum energy, etc. This book should be valuable to researchers and students in the field of cosmology and particle astrophysics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverview of Institutional Research Programs:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrent and Future Research Programs at Stanford's Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology \u003ci\u003e(G Madejski)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCosmology and Particle Astrophysics at Kavli IPMU \u003ci\u003e(H Aihara)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTsinghua Center for Astrophysics and the Dark Universe \u003ci\u003e(C Tao)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGravity and Spacetime:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpace, Time, Matter: 1918–2012 \u003ci\u003e(G Veneziano)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral Relativity without Paradigm of Space-Time Covariance: Sensible Quantum Gravity and Resolution of the “Problem of Time” \u003ci\u003e(C Soo and H-L Yu)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantum Corrections to Entropic Gravity \u003ci\u003e(P Chen and C-H Wang)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Holes and the Generalized Uncertainty Principle \u003ci\u003e(B J Carr)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Perspective on Space and Time from Lorentz Violation \u003ci\u003e(B-Q Ma)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoundations of Classical Electrodynamics, Equivalence Principle and Cosmic Interactions: A Short Exposition and an Update \u003ci\u003e(W-T Ni, H-H Mei, and S-J Wu)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCritical Acceleration and Quantum Vacuum \u003ci\u003e(J Rafelski and L Labun)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTemperature of Electron Fluctuations in an Accelerated Vacuum \u003ci\u003e(L Labun and J Rafelski)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmology:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneralized G-Inflation: Inflation with the Most General Second-Order Field Equations \u003ci\u003e(T Kobayashi, M Yamaguchi, and J Yokoyama)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrane-World Inflation: Perturbations and Cosmological Constraints \u003ci\u003e(M Bouhmadi-Lopez, P Chen, and Y-W Liu)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTesting the Origin of Primordial Perturbation — Use of Bispectrum and Trispectrum \u003ci\u003e(T Suyama)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-Accelerating Universe in Nonlinear Massive Gravity \u003ci\u003e(A E Gumrukcuoglu, C Lin, and S Mukohyama)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInhomogeneous Barotropic FRW Cosmologies with Constant-Shifted Conformal Hubble Parameters \u003ci\u003e(H C Rosu and K V Khmelnytskaya)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMysterious Anti-Gravity and Dark-Essence \u003ci\u003e(J-A Gu)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocal Inhomogeneities and the Value of the Cosmological Constant \u003ci\u003e(A E Romano)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConstraining a Model of Varying Alpha with Parity and Charge Parity Violation \u003ci\u003e(D Maity and P Chen)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParticle Astrophysics:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCosmic Connections: From Cosmic Rays to Gamma Rays, Cosmic Backgrounds and Magnetic Fields \u003ci\u003e(A Kusenko)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFermi — Large Area Telescope: Accomplishments and Challenges \u003ci\u003e(T Kamae)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUltra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO) for Observation of Early Photons from Gamma Ray Bursts \u003ci\u003e(I H Park, S Ahmad, P Barrillon, S Brandt, C Budtz-Jorgensen, A J Castro-Tirado, P Chen, Y J Choi, P Connell, S Dagoret-Campagne, C Eyles, B Grossan, M-H A Huang, A Jung, S Jeong, J E Kim, M B Kim, S-W Kim, Y W Kim, A S Krasnov, J Lee, H Lim, E V Linder, T-C Liu, N Lund, K W Min, G W Na, J W Nam, M I Panasyuk, J Ripa, V Reglero, J M Rodrigo, G F Smoot, J E Suh, S Svertilov, N Vedenkin, M-Z Wang, and I Yashin)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe UFFO Slewing Mirror Telescope for Early Optical Observation from Gamma Ray Bursts \u003ci\u003e(J Nam)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeutrino Astronomy at the South Pole \u003ci\u003e(A Karle)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeutrino Flavor Ratios on Earth under Decay and Oscillation Scenarios \u003ci\u003e(T C Liu, K-C Lai, and G-L Lin)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistinguishability of Neutrino Flavors through Their Different Shower Characteristics \u003ci\u003e(C-C Chen, P Chen, C-Y Hu, and K-C Lai)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCherenkov Radiation Induced by Cosmogenic Neutrinos in Near-Field \u003ci\u003e(C-Y Hu, C-C Chen, and P Chen)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark Matter Search with Sub-keV Germanium Detectors at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory \u003ci\u003e(Q Yue and H T Wong)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTowards a Sensitive Dark Matter Detection with Liquid Xenon \u003ci\u003e(K Ni)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBayesian Implications of Collider and SUSY Dark Matter Direct and Indirect Searches \u003ci\u003e(L Roszkowski, E M Sessolo, and Y-L S Tsai)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Students and researchers in cosmology, particle astrophysics, gravity and high energy physics.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143739326704,"sku":"9789814449380","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814449380_p0.jpg?v=1763691398","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814449380","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}