Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies

This symposium focuses on nuclear astrophysics and cosmology, as well as astronomy. Topics include: Big Bang cosmology and particle astrophysics; cosmic and galactic chemical evolution and structure formation; explosive nucleosynthesis; weak interactions and neutrino physics; supernovae, neutron stars and high density matter; s-processes; observations of x-rays, gamma-rays, and cosmic rays; and meteorite abundances.