Preface |
Sponsors |
Introduction |
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory in Review / N. Gehrels ; C. R. Shrader |
Galactic Center |
Comparative Studies of Line and Continuum Positron Annihilation Radiation / P. A. Milne ; J. D. Kurfess ; R. L. Kinzer ; M. D. Leising |
Can Integral Detect 0.511 MeV Radiation from Giant Molecular Clouds? / N. Guessoum ; P. von Ballmoos ; J. Knodleseder ; G. Vedrenne |
Comptel Observations of a Source in the Direction of the Galactic Centre / A. W. Strong ; W. Collmar ; K. Bennett ; H. Bloemen ; R. Diehl ; W. Hermsen ; A. Lyudin ; H. Mayer-Hasselwander ; J. Ryan ; V. Schonfelder |
Neutron Star X-Ray Binaries |
Propagation of Gamma-Rays in Cen X-3 / W. Bednarek |
Discovery of Weak EXO 2030+375 Outbursts with Batse / C. A. Wilson ; M. H. Finger ; M. J. Coe ; S. Laycock |
Monte-Carlo/Fokker-Planck Simulations of Accretion onto Magnetized Neutron Stars / M. Bottcher ; E. P. Liang |
Studies of Hard X-ray Tails in Z Sources with Hexte/Rxte / F. D'Amico ; W. A. Heindl ; R. E. Rothschild ; D. E. Gruber |
Discovery of Two Transient X-Ray Pulsars in the Small Magellanic Cloud / R. H. D. Corbet ; D. Perrodin ; F. Marshall ; C. Markwardt |
Self-Similar Hot Accretion Flow onto a Rotating Neutron Star: Structure and Stability / M. V. Medvedev ; R. Narayan |
Black Hole X-Ray Binaries |
XMM-Newton Observation of the Black Hole Microquasar GRS 1758- 258 / A. Goldwurm ; D. Israel ; P. Goldoni ; P. Ferrando ; A. Decourchelle ; F. I. Mirabel ; R. S. Warwick |
Rxte Observations of GRS 1915+105 / J. Rodriguez ; P. Durouchoux ; M. Tagger |
Models of Phase Lags in the Rapid Aperiodic Variability of X-ray Binaries |
The Temporal and Spectral Properties of Cyg X-1 during a Large X-ray Flare / Y. X. Feng ; W. Cui ; S. N. Zhang |
X-ray Dips and Orbital Modulation in Cyg X-1 |
Can Integral Detect 2.223 MeV Radiation from X-Ray Binary Sources? / P. Jean |
Wide-band X-ray Variability of GRS 1915+105 Observed with BeppoSAX / P. Casella ; M. Feroci ; E. Massaro ; E. Costa ; M. Litterio ; G. Matt ; T. Belloni ; M. Tavani ; A. J. Castro-Tirado ; A. Harmon ; G. Pooley |
Gamma-Ray Spectral Variability of Cygnus X-1 / M. L. McConnell ; L. Kuiper ; W. Paciesas ; B. Philips ; J. Poutanen ; J. M. Ryan ; H. Steinle ; A. A. Zdziarski |
Relativistic Effects on X-ray Emissions from Accretion Disks around Black Holes / X. Zhang ; Y. Yao |
Studying the Accretion Disks in Black Hole X-ray Binaries with Monte-Carlo Simulations |
X-ray Spectra of Accretion Discs with Dynamic Coronae / J. Malzac ; A. M. Beloborodov |
Detection of the [gamma]-Ray Emission from the X-Ray Nova GRO J0422+32 / A. F. Iyudin ; F. Haberl |
The Effects of a Comptonizing Corona on the Appearance of the Reflection Components in Accreting Black Hole Spectra / P. O. Petrucci ; A. Merloni ; A. Fabian ; F. Haardt ; E. Gallo |
The Compact Jet of the Black Hole Candidate XTE J1550-564 during the 2000 X-ray Outburst / S. Corbel ; P. Kaaret ; R. K. Jain ; C. D. Bailyn ; R. P. Fender ; J. A. Tomsick ; E. Kalemci ; V. McIntyre ; D. Campbell-Wilson ; J. M. Miller ; M. L. McCollough |
Accretion-Ejection Instabilities in Black-Hole Binaries / P. Varniere ; S. Caunt |
A Review of Cygnus X-1 Soft [gamma]-ray Observations / J. C. Ling |
Gamma Ray Bursts |
Recent Advances in Our Understanding of GRB / P. Meszaros |
Gamma-Ray Burst Spectral Diagnostics in the Glast Era / M. G. Baring |
Energy Outflows in [gamma]-ray Bursts: Discontinuous versus Continuous? / E. Ramirez-Ruiz |
Gamma Ray Bursts as Probes of the First Stars / J. E. Rhoads |
GeV and X-ray Inverse Compton and Proton Synchrotron Signatures in Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows / B. Zhang |
The Supernova-Collapsar Scenario for the Gamma-Ray Bursts / P. J. T. Leonard |
Pulses, Spectral Lags, Durations, and Hardness Ratios in Long GRBs / J. P. Norris ; J. D. Scargle ; J. T. Bonnell |
Super-Lotis/Lotis/Lite: Prompt GRB Followup Experiments / H. S. Park ; E. Ables ; S. Barthelmy ; M. Bradshaw ; T. Cline ; D. Hartmann ; K. Hurley ; R. Nemiroff ; W. Pereira ; D. Perez-Ramirez ; G. G. Williams ; K. Ziock |
Number Counts of GRBs in a Vacuum Dominated Universe / K. Strohmaier ; T. Wickramasinghe |
Modeling and Implications of the Transient Absorption Feature in GRB 990705 / C. D. Dermer ; L. Amati ; F. Frontera |
Continuously-fed Fireballs and Signatures in Gamma-ray Burst Afterglows |
Trans-Relativistic Supenovae, Circumstellar Gamma-Ray Bursts, and Supernova 1998bw / C. D. Matzner ; J. C. Tan ; C. F. McKee |
Physics of Collisionless GRB Shocks and Their Radiation Properties |
White Hole Model of Gamma Ray Bursts and Recent Observations / S. Ramadurai |
GRB Coordinates Network (GCN): A Status Report / S. D. Barthelmy ; T. L. Cline ; P. Butterworth |
Milagro's Sensitivity to GRB's / E. Hays ; D. Noyes |
Intensity Distributions of Gamma-Ray Bursts / D. L. Band |
The Blandford-Znajek Mechanism with Vacuum Breakdown as a Gamma-ray Burst Progenitor / G. Barbiellini ; F. Longo |
Blazars Active Galactic Nuclei |
Very High Energy Gamma Rays from Blazars / J. H. Buckley |
Very High Energy Flaring Activity of Markarian 421 during 2000-2001 as Seen by CAT and Celeste Telescopes / A. Djannati-Atai |
The Highest Energy Emission Detected by Egret from Blazars / B. L. Dingus ; D. L. Bertsch |
An X-ray Survey of Extragalactic Radio Jets with Chandra / R. M. Sambruna ; L. Maraschi ; F. Tavecchio ; C. C. Cheung ; C. M. Urry ; G. Chartas ; R. Scarpa ; J. E. Pesce |
Extended X-ray Emission from the Radio Galaxy 3C 390.3 / H. Krawczynski ; S. Wagner |
The Extraordinary Campaigns on MKN 421 of 2000 (SAX) and 2001 (RXTE) / G. Fossati ; M. Jordan ; J. Buckley |
Comptel Observations of the Virgo Blazars 3C 273 and 3C 279 / S. Zhang ; M. McConnell ; O. R. Williams |
Shock Structures in Relativistic Jets / P. E. Hardee |
Recent Observations of 1ES2344+514 Using the Whipple Gamma-Ray Telescope / H. M. Badran |
Model for the X-ray Emission in the Jets and Hot Spots of Radio Galaxies / H. Li |
The Central Black Hole Masses of Gamma-ray Loud Blazars / J. H. Fan ; K. S. Cheng |
VHE Observations of Unidentified Egret Sources / S. J. Fegan |
The Effect of the SED Shape on the Gamma-ray vs. Radio Emission Dependence in AGNs / A. Lahteenmaki ; E. Valtaoja |
The Nature of the Egret Source 3EG J1621+8203 / R. Mukherjee ; J. Halpern ; N. Mirabal ; D. Stern ; E. V. Gotthelf |
High Energy Observations of Blazars--Archival Analysis / G. Nandikotkur ; K. M. Jahoda ; J. H. Swank ; P. Sreekumar |
[gamma]-ray Spectral Changes during Blazar Outbursts / R. C. Hartman ; M. Pohl |
Multiwavelength Observations of 3EG J2006-2321 and 3EG J0433+2908 / P. M. Wallace ; M. Eracleous ; J. V. Foreman ; J. P. Halpern ; O. Reimer ; D. J. Thompson |
Observations of the BL Lac Object, 1H1426+428 at TeV Gamma-ray Energies / D. Horan |
Optical Identification and Monitoring of High Energy Gamma-Ray Sources / S. D. Bloom ; D. A. Dale |
CCD Photometry of Blazars at Abastumani: Progress Report / O. M. Kurtanidze ; M. G. Nikolashvili |
Colour Variation in BL Lacertae |
Comptel Observations of the Blazars 3C 454.3 and CTA 102 |
Optical Photometric Observations of [gamma]-ray Loud Blazars in the October of 2000 |
The Spectral Energy Distribution of Centaurus A (NGC 5128)--A Summary of All Observations Including All CGRO Results |
The Gamma-Ray Horizon / T. M. Kneiske ; K. Mannheim ; D. H. Hartmann |
Neutrino-Emission from Active Galactic Nuclei as a Diagnostic Tool / C. Schuster ; R. Schlickeiser |
Space VLBI: Past, Present and Future, and Connections to Gamma-Ray Astronomy / P. G. Edwards ; H. Hirabayashi |
Seyfert Galaxies |
Modeling the R-[Gamma] Correlation in Compact Sources |
BeppoSAX Observations of the Radio-Quiet QSO MR 2251-178 / A. Orr ; P. Barr ; M. Guainazzi ; A. Parmar ; A. Young |
X-ray Spectra Emitted by a Hot Plasma Containing Cold Clouds |
Thermal Comptonization and Disk Reprocessing in Type 1 Seyfert Galaxies / J. Chiang ; O. Blaes |
Constraints on the High Energy Source of Seyfert 1 from BeppoSAX Observations / P. Grandi ; F. Nicastro ; L. Piro ; G. C. Perola ; A. De Rosa |
Mrk 335: A NLSy1 with an Unusual Warm Absorber? |
A Quasi-Spherical Inner Accretion Flow in Seyfert Galaxies |
Galaxy Clusters and Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background |
Accelerated Particles from Shocks Formed in Merging Clusters of Galaxies / R. C. Berrington ; S. J. Sturner |
The Soft [gamma]-ray Spectrum of Galaxy Clusters / M. Henriksen |
Clusters of Galaxies--The Egret Observations between 1991 and 2000 |
Gamma-Rays from Galaxy Clusters: Preliminary Evidences and Future Expectations / S. Colafrancesco |
The Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background / F. W. Stecker ; M. H. Salamon |
Contributions of GRBs and Cen A-like Radio Galaxies to the Cosmic Gamma-ray Background / K. Watanabe |
Particles and Cosmic Rays |
The Origin of Cosmic Rays and the Diffuse Galactic Gamma-Ray Emission / S. W. Digel ; S. D. Hunter ; I. V. Moskalenko ; J. F. Ormes |
Gould's Belt and the Local Cosmic Ray Electron Spectrum / C. Perrot ; I. Grenier |
A Study of Very High Energy Gamma-Rays and Electrons with GLAST / R. Terrier ; A. Chehktman ; J. E. Grove ; W. N. Johnson |
Excess GeV Radiation and Cosmic Ray Origin / I. Busching ; M. Phol |
Channeled Blast Wave Behaviour Based on Longitudinal, Electrostatic Instabilities / I. Lerche |
Gamma-ray Detection of Particle Dark Matter / L. Bergstrom |
Nucleosynthesis and Galactic Diffuse Emission |
Gamma-Ray Signatures of Supernovae and Hypernovae / K. Nomoto ; K. Maeda ; Y. Mochizuki ; S. Kumagai ; H. Umeda ; T. Nakamura ; I. Tanihata |
Gamma-ray Signatures of Classical Novae / M. Hernanz ; J. Gomez-Gomar ; J. Jose |
Study of the Galactic Distribution of Nova-Produced [superscript 22]Na with Comptel / G. G. Lichti |
Tgrs and the 478 keV Line from [superscript 7]Be in Novae / M. J. Harris ; D. M. Palmer ; G. Weidenspointner ; H. Seifert ; B. J. Teegarden ; R. Ramaty |
Gamma-Ray Line Emission from Superbubbles in the Interstellar Medium: The Cygnus Region / S. Pluschke ; K. Kretschmer ; U. Oberlack |
Unveiling the True Age of the "Vela Junior" Supernova Remnant / S. Mereghetti ; A. Pellizzoni |
On the Nature of the Nonthermal Emission from the Supernova Remnant IC 443 / J. W. Keohane ; C. M. Olbert ; R. Petre |
SNR and Fluctuations in the Diffuse Galactic [gamma]-ray Continuum |
Egret Observations of Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission in Taurus and Perseus / I. A. Grenier |
Pulsars |
Gamma-Ray Pulsars: At the Tip of the Iceberg / A. K. Harding |
The Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey and the Discovery of New Energetic Radio Pulsars / N. D'Amico ; V. M. Kaspi ; R. N. Manchester ; F. Camilo ; A. G. Lyne ; A. Possenti ; I. H. Stairs ; M. Kramer ; G. Hobbs ; J. F. Bell |
Rotationally-induced Asymmetry in the Double-Peak Lightcurves of the Bright Egret Pulsars? / J. Dyks ; B. Rudak |
Resolving the Crab [sigma] - Problem / D. Kazanas ; J. Contopoulos |
Rxte Observations of the Vela Pulsar: The Pulsar Rosetta Stone / M. S. Strickman ; C. Gwinn ; P. McCulloch ; D. Moffett |
BeppoSAX Observations of the [gamma]-ray Pulsars PSR B0656+14 and PSR B1706-44 / T. Mineo ; G. Cusumano ; B. Sacco ; W. Becker |
Galactic Population of Radio and Gamma-Ray Pulsars / P. L. Gonthier ; M. S. Ouellette ; S. O'Brien ; J. Berrier |
Gamma Ray Emission in Relativistic Pulsar Magnetospheric Plasmas / Q. Luo ; D. B. Melrose ; G. Z. Machabeli |
Observations of the Crab Nebula with Cat and Celeste / C. Masterson |
Variable High-Energy [gamma]-Ray Emission from Pulsar Wind Nebulae / M. S. E. Roberts ; B. M. Gaensler ; R. W. Romani |
Solar and Stellar Flares |
Solar Gamma-Ray Physics Comes of Age / G. H. Share ; R. J. Murphy |
Comptel Gamma-Ray Observations of the C4 Solar Flare on 20 January 2000 / C. A. Young ; M. B. Arndt ; A. Connors ; H. Debrunner ; R. S. Miller ; G. Rank ; C. Winkler |
X- and Gamma-Ray Observations of the 15 November 1991 Solar Flare / J. Lockwood ; R. Suleiman ; O. Williams |
Energetic Proton Spectra in the 11 June 1991 Solar Flare |
Expected Gamma-Ray Fluxes from Interactions of Flare Energetic Particles with Solar Wind Matter / L. I. Dorman |
Interactions of Flare Energetic Particles with Stellar Wind Matter: Expected Gamma Ray Fluxes from Local Stars |
Surveys and Population Studies |
A Multiwavelength Strategy for Identifying Celestial [gamma]-ray Sources / P. A. Caraveo |
Neutron Star Contribution to the Galactic Unidentified Egret Sources / C. A. Perrot |
Population Studies of the Gamma-ray Sources / A. W. Chen ; S. Vercellone |
Artifact Sources Near Bright Egret Pulsars |
Possible New Identifications for Southern Egret Sources / M. Tornikoski ; M. Lainela |
A Search for Supernova-Remnant Masers toward Unidentified Egret Sources / Z. Arzoumanian ; F. Yusef-Zadeh ; T. J. W. Lazio |
Galactic Plane Egret Unidentified Source Distribution / D. Bhattacharya ; A. Akyuz ; T. Miyagi ; J. Samimi ; A. Zych |
Analysis Techniques |
Effects of Background Counts in RMS Normalization / W. T. Bridgman |
An Observability Study for the Tentatively Identified 3EG Sources Likely to be Detected by the Next-Generation Cherenkov Telescopes / D. Petry |
Bayesian Multiscale Deconvolution Applied to Gamma-ray Spectroscopy / E. Kolaczyk |
Egret's Detection Efficiency in the Later Phases of the Mission |
Future Missions (Glast/Agile) |
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope Mission: Science Opportunities / P. F. Michelson |
Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (Glast) Project / S. Lambros |
Science with AGILE / A. Argan ; N. Auricchio ; P. Caraveo ; A. Chen ; V. Cocco ; G. Di Cocco ; G. Fedel ; M. Fiorini ; T. Froysland ; M. Galli ; F. Gianotti ; A. Giuliani ; C. Labanti ; I. Lapshov ; P. Lipari ; E. Morelli ; A. Morselli ; F. Perotti ; P. Picozza ; C. Pittori ; C. Pontoni ; M. Prest ; M. Rapisarda ; E. Rossi ; A. Rubini ; P. Soffitta ; M. Trifoglio ; E. Vallazza ; D. Zanello |
Gamma-Ray Imaging by Silicon Detectors in Space: Presentation of the AGILE Reconstruction Method and Kalman Filter Algorithms |
Ggant Simulation of the Agile Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector |
Test Campaign of the Mini-Calorimeter for the Agile Satellite / E. Celesti ; A. Mauri ; M. Malaspina ; J. B. Stephen ; A. Traci |
The Next Generation of High-Energy Gamma-ray Detectors for Satellites: The Agile Silicon Tracker / G. Bordignon ; F. Liello |
Agile Sky Exposure and Sensitivity Maps |
Imaging of High Energy Sources with Agile |
Super Agile: The X-ray Monitor on-board of Agile / L. Barbanera ; E. Del Monte ; G. Porrovecchio ; M. Mastropietro ; L. Pacciani |
The Agile Scientific Instrument |
Future Missions (Gamma Ray Bursts) |
Swift: A Gamma Ray Burst Midex |
The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope / P. W. A. Roming ; S. D. Hunsberger ; J. A. Nousek ; K. Mason |
Swift Burst Alert Telescope Hard X-Ray Monitor and Survey / H. A. Krimm ; L. M. Barbier ; A. J. Dean ; A. Eftekharzadeh ; E. E. Fenimore ; D. D. Hullinger ; H. Ozawa ; A. M. Parsons ; T. Takahasi ; M. Tashiro ; J. Tueller |
The Glast Burst Monitor (GBM) / R. M. Kippen ; M. S. Briggs ; G. J. Fishman ; R. H. Georgii ; C. Kouveliotou ; C. A. Meegan ; W. S. Paciesas ; R. D. Preece ; A. von Kienlin |
Future Missions (Integral) |
Science with Integral in Perspective |
Gamma-Ray Polarization Measurements with Integral/IBIS / E. Caroli ; R. C. da Silva ; L. Foschini |
Evaluation of the Integral/IBIS Photons Detectors Efficiencies by Monte Carlo Simulation / G. De Cesare ; C. Ciocca ; M. Del Santo ; P. Laurent ; F. Lebrun ; G. Malaguti ; L. Natalucci ; V. Reglero ; P. Ubertini |
In-flight Calibration Sources Simulations for the IBIS Telescope / A. Bazzano ; A. J. Bird |
Results from the SPI Imaging Test Setup / C. B. Wunderer ; R. Georgii ; A. Strong ; P. Connell ; F. Sanchez |
First Results on SPI/Integral Flight-Model Gamma-Camera Calibration / P. Paul ; L. Bouchet ; J. P. Roques |
Mission Concepts: High-Energy Gamma Rays |
Feasibility Studies of Coded Masks for High-Energy Gamma-ray Telescopes in Space / Y. C. Lin ; P. L. Nolan |
Design of a Next-Generation High-Energy Gamma-Ray Telescope / P. Deines-Jones |
Mission Concepts: Gamma-Ray Line Spectroscopy |
Diffractive/Refractive Lenses--A Revolution in Gamma-Ray Astronomy? / G. K. Skinner |
B-Mine--The Balloon-Borne Microcalorimeter Nuclear Line Explorer / E. Silver ; H. Schnopper ; C. Jones ; W. Forman ; S. Bandler ; S. Murray ; S. Romaine ; P. Slane ; J. Grindlay ; N. Madden ; J. Beeman ; E. E. Haller ; D. Smith ; M. Barbera ; A. Collura ; F. Christensen ; B. Ramsey ; S. Woosley ; G. Tucker ; J. Fabregat ; A. Gimenez |
Mission Concepts: Advanced Compton Telescopes |
Progress towards an Advanced Compton Telescope / R. A. Kroeger |
The Nuclear Compton Telescope: A Balloon-borne Soft [gamma]-ray Spectrometer, Polarimeter, and Imager / S. E. Boggs ; R. P. Lin ; D. M. Smith ; N. W. Madden ; P. N. Luke ; M. Amman ; M. T. Burks ; E. L. Hull ; W. Craig |
The Tigre Gamma-Ray Telescope / T. J. O'Neill ; M. Polsen |
Mega--A Next Generation Mission in Medium Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy / G. Kanbach |
Development of CdTe Imaging Detectors for a Compton Telescope / K.-L. Giboni ; E. Aprile |
Mission Concepts: Hard X-Ray Telescopes |
Exist: The Ultimate Spatial/Temporal Hard X-ray Survey / L. Bildsten ; R. Blandford ; D. Chakrabarty ; M. Elvis ; F. Fiore ; G. Fishman ; C. Hailey ; F. Harrison ; T. Prince ; R. Rothschild ; G. Skinner |
The Development of Coplanar CZT Strip Detectors for Gamma-Ray Astronomy / L.-A. Hamel ; J. R. Macri ; M. McClish |
Ground-Based High-Energy Astronomy |
Gamma Ray Astronomy with Air Shower Arrays / A. I. Mincer |
Cangaroo-II and Cangaroo-III / M. Mori |
The Current Status and Future Plans of the Stacee Observatory / L. M. Boone ; D. Brarnel ; E. Chae ; C. E. Covault ; P. Fortin ; D. M. Gingrich ; J. A. Hinton ; D. S. Hanna ; C. Mueller ; R. A. Ong ; K. Ragan ; R. A. Scalzo ; D. R. Schuette ; C. G. Theoret ; D. A. Williams |
The Keck Solar Two Gamma-Ray Observatory / M. Tripathi ; J. Lizarazo ; G. Mohanty ; U. Mohidden ; P. Murray ; H. Tom ; T. Tumer ; G. Xing ; J. Zweerink |
The Next Generation of Ground-based Gamma-ray Telescopes / T. C. Weekes |
List of Participants |
Author Index |