Astronomy with Radioactivities IV and MeV Gamma-Ray Telescopes

Proceedings of the International Workshop held at the Seeon Conference Center, Bavaria, Germany, May 2003

Guest Editors: Roland Diehl, Dieter Hartmann, Gottfried Kanbach, Jürgen Knödlseder, Gunther Korschinek, Uli Ott, Nikos Prantzos, and Volker Schönfelder

New Astronomy Reviews, Vol. 48, Issue 1-4, p1 ff, Elsevier Science, February 2004

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Table of Contents

Title	Authors
Preface	Diehl et al.
Massive Stars, Supernovae, and Novae: Theory Aspects and Models
Modeling the Nucleosynthesis of Massive Stars	Rauscher
^26Al yields from rotating Wolf{Rayet star models	Vouissoz et al.
Core-Collapse Model Effects on Nucleosynthesis	Fryer
Radioactive Decay Lines from Asymmetric Supernova Explosions	Hungerford
Nucleosynthesis in multidimensional simulations of SNII	Travaglio et al.
Gamma-Ray Emission from Type Ia Supernovae	Isern et al.
Gamma-Rays from Classical Novae: Expectations from Present & Future Missions	Hernanz & Jose
Supernova Environment, SNR Unfolding, and Young SNR
Cosmic Rays, Stellar Evolution, and Supernova Physics	Biermann
Massive Stars: Their Birth Sites and Distribution	Kroupa
Radioactive Decay and its Manifestations in Core Collapse Type IIp Supernovae	Danziger et al.
X-ray Studies of Cas A: Exposing Core Collapse to the Core	Vink
^44Ti radioactivity in young SNR: Cas A and SN1987A	Motizuki & Kumagai
Elemental Composition and Distribution in SNR's: X-Ray Spectroscopy	Decourchelle
Nucleosynthesis Events and the Interstellar Medium
^26Al in Galaxy Regions: Massive-Star Interactions with the ISM	Diehl et al.
RHESSI Results on Gamma-Ray Lines from Diffuse Radioactivity	Smith
Annihilation Puzzles for INTEGRAL	Milne
Gamma-Ray Lines from Cosmic-Ray Interactions with Interstellar Dust Grains	Tatischeff & Kiener
R Process Chronometers	Kratz et al.
High-Energy Particles and Nucleosynthesis: Cosmic-Rays and Solar Flares
Actinides and the Sources of Cosmic-Rays	Pfeiffer et al.
Production of Gamma-Ray Lines by Energetic Ion Interactions	Chupp & Dunphy
The Solar Environment and Early Solar Nebula
Live Radio-Isotopes as Signatures of Nearby Supernovae	Fields
Short-lived Nuclides in the Early Solar System: the Stellar Connection	Goswami
Early Solar System Radioactivities and AGB Stars	Gallino et al.
Low energy particle production of short-lived nuclides in the early solar system	Marhas et al.
Anthropogenic and supernova-produced ^244Pu in deep sea manganese encrustations	Wallner et al.
Anthropogenic ^244Pu in the Environment	Winkler et al.
Evidence for Live^60Fe in Meteorites	Mostefaoui et al.
Search for Live ^182Hf in Deep-Sea Sediments	Vockenhuber et al.
Lessons and Perspectives for Experiments
Developments in Instrumentation for Isotopic Analyses of Pre-Solar Grains		Ott et al.
NanoSIMS, the new tool of choice:^26Al, ^44Ti, ^49V, ^53Mn,^60Fe, and more		Hoppe et al.t
Perspectives on MeV Astronomy Instrumentation		Kurfess
INTEGRAL Status & Outlook		Winkler
First Results of the INTEGRAL Spectrometer SPI		Knödlseder
Lessons Learnt from COMPTEL for Future Telescopes		Schönfelder
Astrophysics Challenges of MeV-Astronomy Instrumentation		Ryan
Principles and Basic Characteristics of Gamma-Ray Telescopes
Coded Mask Imagers: When to Use Them, and When Not		Skinner
Rotating-Modulation Collimator Imagers		Smith et al.
Status and Prospects for Polarimetry in High-Energy Astrophysics		McConnell & Ryan
The GEANT Low-Energy Compton Scattering Package for Use in Simulating Advanced Compton Telescopes		Kippen
MGGPOD: a Monte Carlo Suite for Modelling Instrumental Backgrounds in Gamma-Ray Astronomy and its Application to Wind/TGRS and INTEGRAL/SPI		Weidenspointner et al.
Data Analysis for the MEGA Prototype		Zoglauer et al.
Gamma-Ray Telescope Development Projects
Tracing Cosmic Star Formation with EXIST		Hartmann et al.
CLAIRE's First Light		v. Ballmoos et al.
Overview of the Nuclear Compton Telescope		Boggs et al.
Calibration and In-Flight Performance of the Compton Telescope prototype LXeGRIT		Aprile et al.
MeV Gamma-ray Imaging Detector with micro-TPC		Tanimori et al.
Hard X-ray and Gamma-Ray Detectors for the NeXT mission		Takahashi & Makishima
The MEGA Project		Kanbach et al.
The Calibration Setup of the MEGA Prototype at the High Intensity Gamma-ray Source		Andritschke et al.
Prototype TIGRE Compton Gamma-Ray Balloon-Borne Telescope		Bhattacharya et al.
An Advanced Compton Telescope based on thick, position-sensitive solid-state detectors.		Kurfess et al.
Applications of Gas Imaging Microwell Detectors to an Advanced Compton Telescope		Bloser et al.
Calorimeter prototype based on silicon drift detectors coupled to scintillators for Compton telescopes application		Marisaldi et al.
Recent achievements of the high resolution Schottky CdTe diode for gamma-ray detectors		Tanaka et al.
AGILE, a satellite for high energy Gamma Ray Astrophysics: Prospects for the MiniCalorimeter		Celesti et al.

Note: The papers as provided here (pdf files) are not final versions, rather "as submitted". Elsevier will translate those into their final formats as appearing in New Astronomy Reviews. Note that Elsevier holds the copyrights.

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Missing / Withdrawn Papers from Workshop Contributions of:

· Aprile: Xenon Compton Telescope Development at Columbia: the post LXeGRIT phase

· Knie: Supernova-produced Radionuclides in Terrestrial Archives

· Leising: X-ray Line Studies of Radioactivity

· Mitani: High resolution CdTe imaging devices for a Compton Telescope

· Oberlack: Reconstruction of Interaction Sequences in Compton Telescopes

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By Roland Diehl, 02 Oct 2003