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The conference was hosted at
NORDITA on August 15-18, 2001. It brought together scientists from
QCD exploring the phases of Quark Matter and astrophysicists
working on Compact Stars and related Phenomena such as Gamma Ray Bursts.
Claims of identification of quark stars and the renewed interests
on quark matter at extreme conditions lead
to interesting presentations and discussions of how the two
communities could learn from each other and work together in the
future. We
hope that these proceedings would serve as
a pedagogical tool for those interested in studying exotic forms of matter
and their plausible implications/signatures on/in astrophysical
phenomena. |