Exploring the cosmic frontier : astrophysical instruments for the 21st centrury

Future Astrophysical Facilities. - Radio Astronomy Facilities. - Future Optical and Near-Infrared Facilities. - The New 40-m Radiotelescope of OAN in Yebes, Spain. - Design of the Near-term Next Generation Space-VLBI Mission VSOP-2. - Imaging Across the Spectrum: Synergies Between SKA and Other Future Telescopes. - The Korean VLBI Network Project. - Frequency Protection for the 21st Century. - SCUBA-2: A Large-Format CCD-Style Imager for Submillimeter Astronomy. - The Large Millimeter Telescope. - An Overview of the Submillimeter Array Telescope. - Tunable Heterodyne Receivers - A Promising Outlook for Future Mid-Infrared Interferometry. - ESPRIT - Exploratory Submillimeter sPace Radio Interferometric Telescope. - Fizeau Interferometry with the LBT Astronomy on the Way to ELTs. - MUSE: 3D Spectroscopy with Large Telescopes. - Layer-Oriented MCAO Projects for 8-m Class Telescopes and Possible Scientific Outcome. - Prospects for an Extremely Large Synthesis Array. - Interferometry in the Near-Infrared: 1 Mas Resolution at the Wavelength of 1 Micron. - Electrical and Geometrical Characterization of the Silicon Flight Sensors of the GLAST/LAT Tracking System. - Environmental Testing of the GLAST Tracker Subsystem. - The Potential of a Large Cherenkov Array for Supersymmetry and Cosmology. - MAGIC: First Observational Results and Perspectives for Future Developments. - LOBSTER - Astrophysics with Lobster Eye Telescopes. - Novel Light-Weight X-ray Optics for Future X-ray Telescopes. - GLAST LAT Science Prospects. - Astrophysics with Astronomical Plate Archives. - Virtual Observatories and Access to Radio Interferometry Data. - Fundamental Physics and Cosmology. - Fundamental Physics with the SKA: Strong-Field Tests of Gravity Using Pulsars and Black Holes. - Measuring Variations in the Fundamental Constants with the Square Kilometre Array. - ELT Observations of Supernovae at the Edge of the Universe. - SKA and the Magnetic Universe. - SSF as a Manifestation of Protoobjects in the Dark Ages Epoch: Theory and Experiment. - Cosmic Ray Astrophysics with AMS-02. - Studying the Nature of Dark Energy with Current and Future Instruments. - Project ASTRAL: All-sky Space Telescope to Record Afterglow Locations. - High-redshift Universe, Galaxies, Galaxy Evolution. - Overview of the Science Case for a 50-100m Extremely Large Telescope. - Distant Galaxies and Extremely Large Telescopes. - Extragalactic Science with the Allen Telescope Array. - Spectral Aging in the Relic Radio Galaxy B2 0924+30. - Extragalactic Sources with Extended Radio Emission. - The B3VLA Sample at Low Frequencies: Results from a Survey at 74 MHz. - Modeling the Faint Radio Population: The NanoJY Radio Sky. - Radio View of Merging Clusters of Galaxies. - AGN and Compact Objects. - Active Galactic Nuclei at the Crossroads of Astrophysics. - New Frontiers in AGN Astrophysics: The X-ray Perspective. - Deep Radio Source Surveys with the SKA. - e-VLBI. a Wide-Field Imaging Instrument with Milliarcsecond Resolution & Microjy Sensitivity. - Results from Observations of AGNs with the H*E*S*S* Telescope System and Future Plans. - The Innermost Regions of AGN with Future mm-VLBI. - Probing the Gravitational Redshift Effect from the Relativistic Jets of Compact AGN. - VLBA Surveys and Preparation of the "RADIOASTRON" Mission. - The Radio Properties of Low Power BL Lacs. - Probes of Jet-Disk-Coupling in AGN from Combined VLBI and X-Ray Observations. - Towards the Event Horizon: High Resolution VLBI Imaging of Nuclei of Active Galaxies. - Two-Component Model for the AGN Broad Line Region. - ISM and Formation and Evolution of Stars. - The Physics and Chemistry of High Mass Star Formation with ALMA. - Building Complex Molecules During Star- and Planet Formation: Synergy of Infrared and Millimeter Observations. - GAIA: Composition, Formation and Evolution of Our Galaxy. - Large-Scale Surveys with the Arecibo Multibeam System. - Preliminary Science Results from the Submillimeter Array. - On the Relevance and Future of UV Astronomy. - Interrelations Between Stromgren and Vilnius Photometric Systems: An Improvement of Stellar Classification. - HH 110 Proper Motions. - The Effect of the Galactic Gas Distribution on the Expected Cosmic Rays Spectrum. - Exploring Star Formation in the Galactic Centre Region: From ISO to ALMA. - Future Observations of Cosmic Masers. - Planets and Origins of Life. - Detection and Characterization of Extra-Solar Planets: Future Space Missions. - Down to Earths, with OWL. - High-Precision Radio Astrometry: The Search for Extrasolar Planets. - The CHEOPS Project: Characterizing Exoplanets by Opto-infrared Polarimetry and Spectroscopy. - Towards High-Precision Astrometry: Diferential Delay Lines for PRIMA@VLTI.