This is the proceedings of the International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies which was held near Tokyo, Japan, in November 2003. The mee

All papers have been peer-reviewed. Chemical elements are fundamental matter to comprise the universe and hold a great deal of interest for astronomers and nucl

A coherent introduction for researchers in astronomy, particle physics, and cosmology on the formation and evolution of galaxies.

International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies 2003, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan, Nov. 17-19, 2003; 8th meeting.

Advances made by physicists in understanding matter, space, and time and by astronomers in understanding the universe as a whole have closely intertwined the qu