| Preface |
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| Part I: Cosmology |
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New Cosmological Data and the `Best-Fit' FRW Universe |
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Measuring the Universe with the Cosmic Microwave Background |
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Cosmology with Varying Constants |
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Nearby Type IA Supernovae Searches: The Portuguese Experience and Plans for the Future |
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Initial Conditions for Hybrid Inflation |
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The Density Parameter in Scalar Field Cosmologies |
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Distant Galaxy Clusters: New Detections and Follow-Up Observations in the Optical |
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PSCZ vs 1.2 Jy Velocity Fields: A Spherical Harmonics Comparison |
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| Part II: Relativistic Astrophysics |
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Matter Trapped Gravitational Waves |
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Astrophysical Implications of the R-Mode Instability |
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Black Holes with Toroidal, Cylindrical and Planar Horizons in Anti-de Sitter Spacetimes in General Relativity and their Properties |
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Quasi-Normal Modes in Schwarzschild Anti-de Sitter Spacetimes |
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Pair Creation of Particles and Black Holes in External Fields |
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Defining a Test Particle's Velocity at the Schwarzschild Horizon |
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| Part III: Stellar and Gallactic Astrophysics |
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Searching the Whole Sky for Variability |
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The Solar Nuclear Region as Probed by Acoustic-Gravity Waves |
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T Tauri Stars: Near Infrared Spectroscopy |
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The Circumstellar Environment of Young Stellar Objects: Modelling the Dust Emission Using ISO and Ground-Based Observations |
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Helium-to-Metal Enrichment Ratio: Determinations on the Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram after Hipparcos |
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High-Resolution Modelling of the Disk-Halo Interaction |
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Large Scale Structure and Cosmic Rays Revisited |
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The Contribution of Stellar Light in BL Lac Type Objects |
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| Part IV: Planetary Astrophysics |
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Galileo/Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Data from Jupiter: Where is the Water Vapor? |
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Photometry of Centaurs 1997 CU26 and 1999 UG5 |
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| Part V: Public Lectures |
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Gamma Ray Bursts --- The Most Energetic Machines in the Universe |
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The Physics of the Little Bang |
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| List of Participants |
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