This book represents Volume II of the Proceedings of the UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 and Basic Space Science, hosted by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, 18 - 22 June, 2007. It covers two programme topics explored in this and past workshops of this nature: (i) non-extensive statistical mechanics as applicable to astrophysics, addressing q-distribution, fractional reaction and diffusion, and the reaction coefficient, as well as the Mittag-Leffler function and (ii) the TRIPOD concept, developed for astronomical telescope facilities.

The companion publication, Volume I of the proceedings of this workshop, is a special issue in the journal Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 104, Numbers 1-4, April 2009.

Inhalt
Under Scrutiny.- Some Remarks on the Paper #x201C;On the -type Distributions#x201D;.- Canonical Formulation of Fractional Kinetics.- Out-of-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics in a Hamiltonian System with Mean-Field Interaction.- An Alternative Method for Solving a Certain Class of Fractional Kinetic Equations.- Extended Reaction Rate Integral as Solutions of Some General Differential Equations.- Solutions of the Fractional Reaction Equation and the Fractional Diffusion Equation.- Astrophysical Applications of Fractional Calculus.- Generalized Mittag-Leffler Distributions and Processes for Applications in Astrophysics and Time Series Modeling.- Solar Wind Speed Theory and the Nonextensivity of Solar Corona.- Dynamism in the Solar Core.- How the Literature is Used A View Through Citation and Usage Statistics of the ADS.- Photometric and Spectroscopic Studies of BW Eri.- Near Infrared Excess Energy in Binary System V367 Cygni.- Period Study and Secondary Maximum of KZ Hya.- Current and Future Capabilities of the 74-inch Telescope of Kottamia Astronomical Observatory in Egypt.