The proceedings of the conference Supernovae 2003 (IAU colloquium 192) provides an extensive state-of-the-art survey of all theoretical and observational aspects of supernovae and gamma-ray bursts, as well as their impact on cosmology. This volume offers everyone working in this field an authoritative and comprehensive source of reference.

Zusammenfassung
Supernovae are among the most energetic phenomena in the Universe and - lated to almost all aspects of modern astrophysics including starburst gal- ies, cosmic ray acceleration, neutron star and black hole formation, nuc- osynthesis and ISM chemical enrichment, energy input to the ISM, cosmic distance scale determination, dark energy related cosmological acceleration, gamma-ray bursts, extra-solar system neutrino burst detection, gravity wave generation, and many more. Additionally, the past 15 years have been p- ticularly productive with many new results and new understanding due in particular to the closest SN in 400 years in SN 1987A in the Large M- ellanic Cloud, and the unusually bright and close SN 1993J and SN 1994I in the nearby galaxies M81 and M51, respectively. In addition, the disc- ery of the ?-ray burst GRB 980425 and its related supernova SN 1998bw, and the con?rmation of GRB 030329/SN 2003dh, tied the study of SNe and GRBs inextricably together. With the many developments since the last - jor supernova meeting in La Serena, Chile in 1997, we felt that it was an appropriate time to bring together experts and students interested in the subject for a meeting where SN and GRB properties and interrelationships could be discussed. The tenth anniversary of SN 1993J provided such an - portunity and, appropriately, the meeting was held in Spain where SN 1993J was discovered on the early morning of 28 March 1993 by a Spanish amateur astronomer, Francisco Garc´ ?a.

Inhalt
Supernovae: Individual.- A Decade of Radio and X-ray Observations of SN 1993J.- Imaging of SN 1993J.- Nine Years of VLBI Imaging of Supernova 1993J.- On the SN 1993J Radio Shell Structure.- Optical, Ultraviolet, and Infrared Observations of SN 1993J.- Simulated Radio Images and Light Curves of SN 1993J.- X-ray Observations of SN 1993J.- Modeling the Radio and X-ray Emission of SN 1993J and SN 2002ap.- Detection of the Binary Companion to the Progenitor of SN 1993J.- Supernova 1987A: The Birth of a Supernova Remnant.- SN 1987A at Radio Wavelengths.- High-Resolution Radio Imaging of Young Supernovae: SN 1979C, SN 1986J, and SN 2001gd.- VLBI Observations of SN 1979C and SN 1986J.- SN 1994W: Evidence of Explosive Mass Ejection a Few Years Before Explosion.- A Most Energetic Type Ic Supernova: SN 2003L.- Radio Monitoring of Supernova 2001ig: The First Year.- Synthetic Spectra of the Type Ia SN 2002bo.- Supernovae: Observations.- Radio Supernovae.- Low Frequency Radio and X-ray Properties of Core-Collapse Supernovae.- Supernova Spectra.- Optical Spectroscopy of Type Ia Supernovae.- The Early Spectroscopy of Supernovae.- Optical Light Curves of Supernovae.- Late Light Curves of Type Ia SNe.- Photometric Observations of Recent Supernovae.- Observational Properties of Type II Plateau Supernovae.- X-ray Spectra of Young Supernovae.- Supernovae: Progenitors/Remnants.- Pre-Supernova Evolution of Rotating Massive Stars.- Radiation Bursts from a Presupernova Collapsar.- Radio Observations of Supernova Remnants in the M82 Starburst.- Deep Radio Imaging with MERLIN of the Supernova Remnants in M82.- Thermonuclear Supernova Explosions and Their Remnants: The Case of Tycho.- Supernovae: Models.- Models of Supernova Explosions: Where Do We Stand?.- Core-Collapse Supernovae at the Threshold.- Two New Possible Mechanisms of Supernova-Like Explosions.- Tests for Supernova Explosion Models: from Light Curves to X-ray Emission of Supernova Remnants.- Understanding Type II Supernovae.- Magnetorotational Mechanism of Supernova Type II Explosion.- Nucleosynthesis in Black-Hole-Forming Supernovae.- Nucleosynthesis in Multi-Dimensional Simulations of SNII.- 56Ni Mass in Type IIP SNe: Light Curves and H? Luminosity Diagnostics.- Effects of Small-Scale Fluctuations of Neutrino Flux in Supernova Explosions.- Neutrino Gas in Equilibrium with Self-Interaction.- Weak Interaction Processes in Core-Collapse Supernovae.- Synthetic Spectra for Type Ia Supernovae at Early Epochs.- On the Stability of Thermonuclear Burning Fronts in Type Ia Supernovae.- Explosion Models for Thermonuclear Supernovae Resulting from Different Ignition Conditions.- Supernovae: Searches/Statistics.- Supernova Statistics.- The Infrared Supernova Rate.- The Rate and the Origin of Type Ia SNe in Radio Galaxies.- Supernovae in Galaxy Clusters.- Using Multi-Band Photometry to Classify Supernovae.- Supernova and Gamma-Ray Burst Connections.- Optical and Near-IR Observations of SN 1998bw.- SN 1998bw and Other Hyperenergetic Type Ic Supernovae.- The Supernova/GRB Connection.- Optical Bumps in Cosmological GRBs as Supernovae.- Long GRBs and Supernovae from Collapsars.- How Common are Engines in Ib/c Supernovae?.- Gamma-Ray Bursters.- Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Big Picture.- The Surroundings of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Constraints on Progenitors.- The Radio Afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts.- Gamma-ray Bursts.- X-ray Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts.- Particle Acceleration in Gamma-Ray Bursts.- The First Steps in the Life of a GRB.- Physical Restrictions to Cosmological Gamma-Ray Burst Models.- Dynamical Evolutionof ?-cooled Disks Following Compact Binary Mergers.- On the Central Engine of Short Gamma-ray Bursts.- Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursters, and Cosmology.- The Expanding and Accelerating Universe.- Observations of Type Ia Supernovae and Challenges for Cosmology.- The Standard Candle Method for Type II Supernovae and the Hubble Constan.- Observing the First Stars, One Star at a Time.- The Host Galaxies of High-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae.- Constraints on SN Ia Progenitors and ICM Enrichment from Field and Cluster SN Rates.- Expected Changes of SNe with Redshift due to Evolution of Their Progenitors.- Dark Energy: Nature and Robustness.- Brane Universes Tested by Supernovae.- A Geometric Determination of the Distance to SN 1987A and the LMC.