Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics: Proceedings of the International Conference DARK 2000 Heidelberg, Germany, 10–14 July 2000

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Large-Scale Structure and Dark Matter Problem....Pages 3-11
The Distribution of Dark Matter in Galaxies: Constant-Density Dark Halos Envelop the Stellar Disks....Pages 12-24
The Amount of Dark Matter in Spiral Galaxies....Pages 25-32
Measuring Stellar and Dark Mass Fractions in Spiral Galaxies....Pages 33-37
Dark Matter Caustics....Pages 38-44
Constraints on White Dwarfs as Galactic Halo Dark Matter....Pages 45-51
Contribution to Dark Matter from Extragalactic Dust....Pages 52-59
Astrophysical Axion Bounds....Pages 60-66
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey at the Millennium....Pages 67-72
X-Ray Measurements of the Dark Matter Content of Galaxy Clusters....Pages 73-80
Can Dark Matter See Itself?....Pages 81-88
Self-Interacting Cold Dark Matter Halos....Pages 89-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Evidence for Dark Energy from a Study of Type Ia Supernovae....Pages 97-109
On the Mystery of the Cosmic Vacuum Energy Density....Pages 110-124
Can Quintessence Be Natural?....Pages 125-134
Preheating, Thermalization and Supergravity....Pages 135-149
Dark Energy in Extra Dimensions and String Theory: Consistency Conditions....Pages 150-162
Models of Inflation, Supersymmetry Breaking and Observational Constraints....Pages 163-175
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and Related Observations....Pages 176-194
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis in the Precision Era....Pages 195-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Testing a (Stringy) Model of Quantum Gravity....Pages 209-233
Particles in the Bulk: A Higher-Dimensional Approach to Neutrino and Axion Phenomenology....Pages 234-246
Dark Matter in Supergravity....Pages 247-262
Dark Matter in SUSY....Pages 263-275
Collider Signatures of Sneutrino Cold Dark Matter....Pages 276-282
Searching for Supersymmetric Dark Matter — the Directional Rate for Caustic Rings....Pages 283-288
Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter....Pages 289-296
Formation of Primordial Black Holes by Multi-Winding String Collapse....Pages 297-305
Baryonic Q-Balls as Dark Matter....Pages 306-315
Gluino Axion....Pages 316-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Gravitational Lensing and Dark Matter....Pages 325-333
The MACHO Project 5.7 Year LMC Results....Pages 334-341
Are There MACHOs in Our Galactic Halo?....Pages 342-351
What Are MACHOs? Interpreting LMC Microlensing....Pages 352-363
Microlensing by Non-Compact Astronomical Objects: Theory and Possible Interpretation of Observational Data....Pages 364-375
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Neutrino Physics: Status and Prospects....Pages 379-403
Degenerate and Other Neutrino Mass Scenarios and Dark Matter....Pages 404-419
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Potential in a Large Mixing Angle World....Pages 420-434
The Weight of Neutrinos and Related Questions....Pages 435-447
Neutrino Masses and Leptogenesis from R Parity Violation....Pages 448-454
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Shadows of Relic Neutrino Masses and Spectra on Highest Energy GZK Cosmic Rays....Pages 455-468
Long Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiments....Pages 469-478
Recent Results from Experiments Using the Super-Kamiokande Detector....Pages 479-492
First Neutrino Observations from the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory....Pages 493-502
Evidence for Neutrino Oscillations in LSND....Pages 503-512
Neutrino Mass from Tritium β -Decay....Pages 513-519
Latest Results from the Heidelberg-Moscow Double-Beta-Decay Experiment....Pages 520-533
Front Matter....Pages 535-535
Recent Results from the DAMA Experiments for Particle Dark Matter Search....Pages 537-546
Results of the Saclay NaI(Tl) WIMP Search Experiment and Comparison with Other NaI(Tl) Experiments....Pages 547-552
Status of the HDMS Experiment, the GENIUS Project and the GENIUS-TF....Pages 553-568
Results of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search....Pages 569-574
The EDELWEISS Experiment: Status and Outlook....Pages 575-580
The CRESST Dark Matter Search....Pages 581-589
Current Status of the DRIFT Project and UKDMC Dark Matter Search....Pages 590-597
The Status of SIMPLE-2000....Pages 598-603
The PICASSO Project, Present Status and Future Developments....Pages 604-609
The LiF Dark Matter Experiment at Kamioka Mine....Pages 610-614
ZEPLIN II and Amplification of Primary Scintillation....Pages 615-622
Lower Limit on the Mass of the Neutralino (LSP) at LEP with the ALEPH Detector....Pages 623-629
The U.S. Large-Scale Dark Matter Axion Search....Pages 630-637
Front Matter....Pages 535-535
The Rydberg-Atom-Cavity Axion Search....Pages 638-645
Front Matter....Pages 647-647
Indirect Method of Cold Dark Matter Search....Pages 649-658
Neutrino Oscillation Effects in Indirect Detection of Dark Matter....Pages 659-666
Higgs Bosons and the Indirect Search for WIMPs....Pages 667-676
Ultra High Energy Neutrinos by Tau Airshowers....Pages 677-687
Neutrino Astronomy and Indirect Search for WIMPs....Pages 688-698
Status of the Neutrino Telescope AMANDA: Monopoles and WIMPS....Pages 699-706
The BAIKAL Neutrino Project: Status Report....Pages 707-713
Front Matter....Pages 715-715
Concluding Remarks for Dark 2000....Pages 717-728
Back Matter....Pages 729-740