Carlos Martins

The workshop on The Cosmology of Extra Dimensions and Varying Fundamental Constants, which was part of JENAM 2002, was held at the Physics Department of the University of Porto (FCUP) from the 3rd to the 5th of September 2002. It was regularly attended by about 110 participants, of which 65 were officially registered in the VFC workshop, while the others came from the rest of the JENAM workshops. There were also a few science correspondents from the national and international press. During the 3 days of the scientific programme, 8 Invited Reviews and 30 Oral Communications were presented. The speakers came from 11 different European countries, and also from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Japan and the U.S.A. There were also speakers from six Portuguese research institutions, and nine of the speak ers were Ph.D. students. The contributions are presented in these proceedings in chronological order. The workshop brought together string theorists, particle physicists, theoretical and observational cosmologists, relativists and observational astrophysicists. It was generally agreed that this inter-disciplinarity was the greatest strength of the work shop, since it provided people coming into this very recent topic from the various different backgrounds with an opportunity to understand each other's language and thereby gain a more solid understanding of the overall picture.

A JENAM 2002 Workshop Porto, Portugal 3–5 September 2002

The Cosmology of Extra Dimensions and Varying Fundamental Constants

Jean-Michel Lafleur

Mark Naison

Ursula Hemetek

Marco Martiniello

John Baily

Alexei Eremine

, Ana Fernandes Ngom

Bart Vanspauwen

Carla Soares Barbosa

Dan Lundberg

Dieter Christensen

Godelieve Meersschaert

Gustavo Roriz

Isabel Elvas

J.A. Fernandes Dias

 João Jorge

Jorge Castro Ribeiro

 Jorge de La Barre

Jorge Murteira

Júlio Leitão

Lídia Fernandes

Luisiane Ramalho

Mafalda Silva Rego

Marcello Sorce-Keller

Maria da Luz Fragoso Costa

Maria de São José Côrte-Real

Miguel Magalhães

Paula Nascimento

Sílvia Martinez

Susana Sardo

Following the format of the journal, the texts, in three parts, testify musical experience in different representations, from elementary school practices to music festivals and resident chamber music, mentioning categories accepted in the Portuguese society, among others, referring to the popular, folk/world and art music.

Music and Migration

Starting out from humankind's earliest ideas about the cosmos, this book gives the reader a clear overview of our current understanding of the universe, including big bang theories and the formation of stars and galaxies, as well as addressing open questions. The author shows how our present view gradually developed from observations, and also how the outcome of ongoing research may still change this view. The book brings together concepts in physics and astronomy, including some history in both cases. The text is descriptive rather than technical: the goal is to present things rigorously and without oversimplification, by highlighting the crucial physical concepts. The only prerequisite is a qualitative knowledge of basic physics concepts at high-school level.

Our Current Understanding and How It Was Achieved

The Universe Today

Paolo Molaro

Nature is characterized by a number of physical laws and fundamental dimensionless couplings. These determine the properties of our physical universe, from the size of atoms, cells and mountains to the ultimate fate of the universe as a whole. Yet it is rather remarkable how little we know about them. The constancy of physical laws is one of the cornerstones of the scientific research method, but for fundamental couplings this is an assumption with no other justification than a historical assumption. There is no 'theory of constants' describing their role in the underlying theories and how they relate to one another or how many of them are truly fundamental. Studying the behaviour of these quantities throughout the history of the universe is an effective way to probe fundamental physics. This explains why the ESA and ESO include varying fundamental constants among their key science drivers for the next generation of facilities. This symposium discussed the state-of-the-art in the field, as well as the key developments anticipated for the coming years.

Proceedings of Symposium 1 of JENAM 2010

From Varying Couplings to Fundamental Physics

Carlos Martins

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