Astroparticle Physics

Index 425– mass density, 267, 268– metal-poor, 222– NGC 6503, 267– proto-, 282– radio, 328– rotational curve, 267– Seyfert, 329– starburst,331– super-, 86, 168Galilei transformation, 313GALLEX, 13, 96, 313gallium– arsenide, 128– experiment, 96γ astronomy, 108, 314– horizon, 116– inTeV,55γ burster, 15, 120, 162, 314– black hole as, 122– discovery, 120– neutron stars as, 122– quasi-periodic, 123γ rays, 109, 314– flux, 207– from pion decay, 111– galactic, 117– line emission, 112, 120– measurement, 113– nucleus decay, 112– of binaries, 105– point source, 117– production mechanisms, 110– supernova, 110, 118γ satellite, 11γ -ray burster, see γ bursterγγ interaction, 82, 86, 106,116Gamow, G., 12gas– cloud– – cold and hot, 269– – ultracold, 272– galactic, 267– ideal, law, 400– proportional chamber, 128– relativistic fermions, 274Gassendi, P., 2gaugino, 276Gaussian distribution, 384Geiger counter, 124Geitel, H., 3Gell-Mann, M., 13, 14Geminga, 117general relativity, 178, 314– principle, 314– theory, 5, 280, 314generation, 15, 22, 23, 28, 314– fourth, lepton, 275– neutrino, see neutrino,families and generationgeomagnetic cutoff, 6geometry– flat, 241– of the universe, 241germanium, 128Giacconi, R., 11giant, red, 6, 174, 328Glashow, S., 13GLAST, 314gluino, 276, 314gluon, 26, 276, 314– residual interaction, 26Golden, R. L., 11graceful exit problem, 255Gran Sasso laboratory, 278grand unification, 314, see alsoGrand Unified TheoryGrand Unified Theory, 32, 197,204, 254, 293, 296, 315– bosons, 203– creation, 293– epoch, 315– particles, 169– scale, 204, 250, 293, 315gravitation, 289, see alsointeraction, gravitative– differential, 310– repulsive, 284, 289– singularity, 14– super-, 32, 33gravitational– aggregation, 266– binding, 282– – of neutrinos, 273– – of WIMP, 277, 278– collapse, 66, 69, 70, 314– constant, 403– force, 267– instabilities, 241, 266, 282,314– lens,315– lensing, 5, 270–272, see alsomicrolensing– – weak, 272– redshift, 315– wave, 14, 263, 315– – astronomy, 133– – background, 264– – energy density, 263gravitino, 276, 315graviton, 24, 276, 315gravity, 315– acceleration due to, 404– Newtonian, 178– particle acceleration, 72– quantum, 171, 191, 293, 327Great Wall, 315Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmincutoff, 59, 87, 161, 164, 315– carbon, 165Gross, D. J., 16group, local, 319GUT, see Grand UnifiedTheorygyroradius, 315hadron, 25, 315– colour-neutral, 205– in rock, 154– interaction length in air, 143– interaction, inelasticity, 157hadronic– cascade, see cascade,hadronic– matter, 21Halley, E., 2halo, galactic, 267, 269, 271,313– mass content, 271– metal-poor star, 223– neutrino, 275– object, non-luminous, 270– WIMP, 278Harari, H., 86