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This book collects extended and specialized reviews on topics linking astrophysics and particle physics at a level intermediate between a graduate student and a young researcher. The book includes also three reviews on observational techniques used in forefront astrophysics and short articles on research performed in Latin America. The reviews, updated and written by specialized researchers, describe the state of the art in the related research topics. This book is a valuable complement not only for research but also for lecturers in specialized course of high energy astrophysics, cosmic ray astrophysics and particle physics.
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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, Óptica y Electrónica, Tonantzintla, México FRANCISCO SIDDHARTHA GUZMÁN 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 A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN-10 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 ISBN-13 1-4020-5574-9 (HB) 978-1-4020-5574-4 (HB) 1-4020-5575-7 (e-book) 978-1-4020-5575-1 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, 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 mat