Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics
 Special Issue for Frascati Workshop 2007
 (Vol.8 Supplement)  

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

Opening Remarks

The Impact of Multifrequency Observations on Our Knowledge of the Physics of the Universe     p.1
F. Giovannelli and L. Sabau-Graziati  

CPT violations in Astrophysics and Cosmology     p.33
Giulio Auriemma 

INTEGRAL and Swift Observations of Blazars in Outburst     p.45
Elena Pian, Luigi Foschini and Gabriele Ghisellini  

Search for Dark Matter in the gamma-ray sky      p.54
Aldo Morselli   

Cosmology

Cluster of Galaxies: the Largest Multi-Frequency Laboratories for Astro-Particle Physics     p.61
Sergio Colafrancesco   

The role of mergers in galaxy evolution     p.77
J. Beckman, C. Carretero and A. Vazdekis   

$L_{\rm X}$-$T$ Relation and Thermal Evolution of Galaxy Clusters     p.84
Naomi Ota, Tetsu Kitayama, Kuniaki Masai and Kazuhisa Mitsuda   

Metal Enrichment Processes in the Intra-Cluster Medium: Simulations versus Observations     p.93
Sabine Schindler   

High Energy Astrophysics


TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics     p.98
Marc Rib\'o   

Observations of VHE $\gamma$-Ray Sources with the MAGIC Telescope     p.109
H. Bartko   

6 years of dedicated service with XMM-Newton and Chandra: What have we really learned about the inner regions of AGN?     p.119
Th. Boller   

X-ray and optical followup of gamma-ray (up to TeV) sources     p.124
Nicola Masetti   

Silent Super-Massive Black Holes     p.135
G. Fabbiano   

Chandra Multi-Wavelength Project: Normal Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift     p.138
Dong-Woo Kim, P. J. Green, W. A. Barkhouse, E. R. Colmenero, D. Haggard, M. Kim, E. Schlegel, J. D. Silverman, H. Tananbaum, and B. J. Wilkes   

Supernova Rates and Stellar Populations     p.143
F. Mannucci   

Supernova 1987A: Twenty Years After     p.155
Nino Panagia   

X-ray Spectroscopy of SN1006 with {\em Suzaku}     p.165
Katsuji Koyama, Hiroya Yamaguchi and Aya Bamba   

Ultra-compact Double Degenerate Binaries: Gravitational Waves, X-rays and Masers     p.169
Kinwah Wu, Gavin Ramsay and Andrew Willes   

Distributions of the signals from gravitational antennas versus Nautilus Local Sidereal hours (NaLSh) and correlations between the signals and X-ray signatures in close binary systems and SGR     p.175
Gian Paolo Murtas   

Long-term variations of soft X-ray transients     p.185
Vojt\v{e}ch \v{S}imon   

The importance of radiation pressure in the launching of jets     p.191
M. J. Church, N. K. Jackson and M. Ba\l uci\'nska-Church   

Obscured sources and Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients: new classes of high mass X-ray binaries     p.197
Sylvain Chaty   

Soft Gamma Repeaters: New results and surprises from Swift, INTEGRAL, and the Interplanetary Network     p.202
K. Hurley   

Pulsar Physics without Magnetars     p.213
Wolfgang Kundt   

Gamma-ray Background: A Review     p.219
T. M. Kneiske   

General Relativistic Radiative Transfer: Applications to Black-Hole Systems     p.226
Kinwah Wu, Steven V. Fuerst, Yosuke Mizuno, Ken-Ichi Nishikawa, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont and Khee-Gan Lee   

Cataclysmic Variables: A Review     p.237
F. Giovannelli   

New results on cataclysmic variables observed by INTEGRAL     p.259
R. Hudec, V. \v{S}imon, F. Munz and R. G\'{a}lis   

Black Holes Advective Accretion Disks     p.265
G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan, Yu. V. Artemova, I. V. Igumenshchev and I. D. Novikov   

Masses of Black Holes in the Universe     p.273
Janusz Zi\'o{\l}kowski   

Unity among Black Holes: Observational Similarities between Galactic Black Holes and Active Galactic Nuclei     p.281
J\"orn Wilms   

Measurement of Mass and Spin of Black Holes with QPOs     p.291
B. Aschenbach   

The Cosmic X-ray Background at the peak of its emission: an accurate measurement with {\em BeppoSAX} and its consequences     p.297
Filippo Frontera, Mauro Orlandini, Raffaella Landi, Andrea Comastri and Giancarlo Setti   

Irradiated Accretion Disks from Galactic Black Holes to Active Galactic Nuclei     p.302
Bo\.zena Czerny, Rene Goosmann and Agnieszka Janiuk   

Jet Sources and Gamma Ray Bursts

The Importance of Multifrequency Emission from Jets in Astrophysics     p.311
J. H. Beall   

The Periodic Bursters XB\,1323--619 and GS\,1826--24: Longterm Evolution of the Nuclear Burning r\'egime and Comparison with Theory     p.319
M. Ba\l uci\'nska-Church, D. Reed and M. J. Church   

Spectral Analysis of LMC-X2 with XMM/Newton     p.325
G. Lavagetto, R. Iaria, A. D'A\`\i\,, T. Di Salvo and N.R. Robba   

Magnetorotational Supernovae With Jets     p.330
G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan and S. G. Moiseenko   

Microquasars: a Brief Overview and a Snapshot of GRS 1915+105 with INTEGRAL     p.341
D. C. Hannikainen and J. Rodriguez   

Non-linear Wave Dynamics in the Jet-Ambient-Medium Interaction     p.349
J. H. Beall, John Guillory, D. V. Rose, Sabine Schindler, S. Colafrancesco and W. Kapferer   

The Afterglow Onset for GRB\,060418 and GRB\,060607A     p.356
S. Covino, S.D. Vergani, D. Malesani, E. Molinari, P. D'Avanzo, G. Chincarini, F.M. Zerbi, L.A. Antonelli, P. Conconi, V. Testa, G. Tosti, F. Vitali, F. D'Alessio, G. Malaspina, L. Nicastro, E. Palazzi, D. Guetta, S. Campana, P. Goldoni, N. Masetti, E.J.A. Meurs, A. Monfardini, L. Norci, E. Pian, S. Piranomonte, D. Rizzuto, M. Stefanon, L. Stella, G. Tagliaferri, P.A. Ward, G. Ihle, L. Gonzalez, A. Pizarro, P. Sinclair and J. Valenzuela   

Supernovae in Three-Dimension: A Link to Gamma-Ray Bursts     p.361
Keiichi Maeda   

Gamma Ray Bursts, Supernovae and Metallicity in the Intergalactic Medium     p.366
Shlomo Dado, Arnon Dar and A. De R\'ujula   

What SWIFT has Taught us about X-ray Flashes and Long-duration Gamma-ray Bursts     p.371
A. De R\'ujula   

Ongoing Experiments

Lobster Eye Telescopes as X-ray All--Sky Monitors     p.381
R. Hudec, L. \v{S}v\'{e}da, L. Pina, and A. Inneman and V. \v{S}imon   

Observations of Optical Counterparts of High-energy Sources with ESA Gaia     p.386
Ren\'{e} Hudec, Vojt\v{e}ch \v{S}imon and Luk\'{a}\v{s} Hudec   

The World Space Observatory (WSO-UV): Current Status     p.393
Michela Uslenghi, Isabella Pagano, Cristian Pontoni, Salvatore Scuderi and Boris Shustov   

Special Night Session


Asteroid Deflection: How, Where and When?     p.399
D. Fargion   

Concluding Remarks

Concluding Remarks     p.412
Janusz Zi\'o{\l}kowski   

Some Personal Conclusions     p.415
Sergio Colafrancesco   

Recent View of Multispectral Universe: Concluding Remarks III     p.418
R. Hudec   

Concluding Address

Concluding Address     p.425
Franco Giovannelli   

Chinese Journal Astronomy Astrophysics  Special Issue for Frascati Workshop 2007 

The Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ChJAA, ISSN 1009-9271) 

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