Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on New Worlds in Astroparticle Physics : Faro, Portugal, 8-10 January 2005 / editors, Ana M. Mourão [and others].

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Preface -- Group photo -- pt. 1. Overviews in astroparticle physics. An overview of the status of work on ultra high energy cosmic rays / A.A. Watson. Gravitational waves from compact sources / K.D. Kokkotas and N. Stergioulas. Neutrino physics and astrophysics / E. Fernandez. Black holes and fundamental physics / J.P.S. Lemos -- pt. 2. Contributions. Cosmic ray physics. Phenomenology of cosmic ray air showers / M.T. Dova. First results from the MAGIC experiment / A. de Angelis. How to select UHECR in EUSO -- the trigger system / P. Assis. Pressure and temperature dependence of the primary scintillation in air / M. Fraga [and others]. Overview of the GLAST physics / N. Giglietto [and others]. Velocity and charge reconstruction with the AMS/RICH detector / L. Arruda [and others]. Isotope separation with the RICH detector of the AMS experiment / L. Arruda [and others]. Gravitational waves and compact sources. Gravitational radiation from 3D collapse to rotating black holes / L. Baiotti [and others]. The role of differential rotation in the evolution of the r-mode instability / P.M. Sá and B. Tomé. Analytical r-mode solution with gravitational radiation reaction force / Ó. J.C. Dias and P.M. Sá. Space radiation: effects and monitoring. Particles from the sun / D. Maia. Simulations of space radiation monitors / B. Tomé. GEANT4 detector simulations: radiation interaction simulations for the high-energy astrophysics experiments EUSO and AMS / P. Goncalves. Software for radiological risk assessment in space missions / A. Trindade, P. Rodrigues. Neutrino physics. Results from K2K / S. Andringa. SNO: salt phase results and NCD phase status / J. Maneira. The ICARUS experiment / S. Navas-Concha. Cosmological parameters measurements. High redshift supernova surveys / S. Fabbro. SNFactory: nearby supernova factory / P. Antilogus. A polarized galactic emission mapping experiment at 5-10 GHz / D. Barbosa [and others]. Galaxy clusters as probes of dark energy / P.T.P. Viana. Black hole physics. Acoustic black holes / V. Cardoso. Superradiant instabilities in black hole systems / Ó. J.C. Dias [and others]. Microscopic black hole detection in UHECR: the double bang signature / M. Paulos. Generalized uncertainty principle and holography / F. Scardiali and R. Casadio. Testing covariant entropy bounds / S. Gao and J.P.S. Lemos. Dark matter and dark energy. Dark energy -- dark matter unification: generalized Chaplygin gas model / O. Bertolami. Cosmology and spacetime symmetries / R. Lehnert. Scalar field models: from the pioneer anomaly to astrophysical constraints / J. Páramos. Braneworlds, conformal fields and dark energy / R. Neves. Sun and stars as cosmological tools: probing supersymmetric dark matter / I. Lopes. ZEPLIN III: xenon detector for WIMP searches / H. Araújo. Dark matter detectability with Čerenkov telescopes -- List of participants.

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