Birth of the Universe and Fundamental Physics: Proceedings of the International Workshop Held in Rome, Italy, 18–21 May 1994

Alexander Yu. Kamenshchik (auth.), Franco Occhionero (eds.)3540600248, 9783540600244

The articles collected in this volume cover topics ranging from Planck-scale physics to galaxy clustering. They deal with various new ideas from cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics that might lead to a better understanding of our physical universe. Among the topics covered are inflationary models, nucleosynthesis, dark matter, large-scale clustering, cosmic microwave background radiations and more. The book addresses researchers but it also gives a good overview of the subject for graduate students in astrophysics and particle physics.

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Table of contents :
Wave function of the universe and particle physics….Pages 1-10
Gravitational topological charge….Pages 11-16
Cosmological principle and the debate about large scale structures distribution….Pages 17-24
Statistics of cosmological inhomogeneities….Pages 25-34
The potential of potential reconstruction….Pages 35-44
Naturalness of inflation….Pages 45-52
Inflation and gravitational waves….Pages 53-60
Stationary Universe Model: Inputs and Outputs….Pages 61-70
The inflationary role of the dilaton in string cosmology….Pages 71-78
String cosmology….Pages 79-80
Multidimensional cosmological models: Classical and quantum solutions….Pages 81-84
Semiclassical equations for homogeneous cosmologies with perturbations….Pages 85-88
Nöther symmetries and exact solutions….Pages 89-92
Thermodynamics of solitons….Pages 93-94
A Schrödinger equation for quantum universes….Pages 95-98
Cosmic time machines….Pages 99-102
First post inflationary particles equation of state….Pages 103-106
Thermal quantum corrections to (Anti) de Sitter geometry….Pages 107-110
Primordial non-gaussian signatures in the sky….Pages 111-114
Quantum diffusion of planck mass and the evolution of the universe….Pages 115-120
Billiard representation for multidimensional quantum cosmology near the singularity….Pages 121-126
Connecting inflation to observations….Pages 127-130
False vacuum chaotic Inflation: The new paradigm?….Pages 131-134
Comments on standard cosmology….Pages 135-136
Emergence of classical geometry in quantum cosmology….Pages 137-140
Non-linear relativistic evolution of cosmological perturbations in irrotational dust….Pages 141-144
Observing cosmic strings through their lensing properties….Pages 145-148
Scalar-tensor theories with generalized dilaton couplings….Pages 149-150
Long-range energy and momentum transfer in the Quark-Hadron Phase Transition….Pages 151-154
Exact solutions for cosmological perturbations with collisionless matter….Pages 155-158
First-order inflation in general relativity….Pages 159-162
Beyond direct hierarchical clustering….Pages 163-172
Evidence that gamma-ray bursts repeat and are Galactic in origin….Pages 173-182
Quasars and large scale structure of the universe….Pages 183-186
Primordial perturbation spectra with broken scale invariance and comparison with observations….Pages 187-194
Mixed cold-hot dark matter model with a falling initial perturbation spectrum….Pages 195-204
Voids and adhesion theory….Pages 205-212
The current status of late time phase transition models….Pages 213-220
Primary anisotropy detections in the cosmic microwave background….Pages 221-234
COBE observations of the Big Bang….Pages 235-242
The COBRAS/SAMBA mission….Pages 243-250
Cosmic strings confront COBE….Pages 251-258
Beyond the central limit theorem….Pages 259-262
Using the equation of hydrostatic equilibrium for the determination of galaxy clusters masses….Pages 263-264
The cluster distribution as a test for dark matter models….Pages 265-268
Kurtosis of cosmological density and velocity fields….Pages 269-272
CMBR polarization from gravitational waves….Pages 273-276
Hamilton-Jacobi theory and the Zel’dovich approximation….Pages 277-280
The effect of gravitational lensing on observations of the CMBR….Pages 281-284
Angular momentum redistribution in remnants of merger of galaxies….Pages 285-286
Galaxy surveys and dark matter models: The statistics of voids….Pages 287-290
X-ray data vs. galaxy velocity dispersions in galaxy clusters….Pages 291-294
Gravitational microlensing by halo dark matter….Pages 295-300
Merging rates inside large scale structures….Pages 301-302
The environment of local AGNs….Pages 303-304
A comparison of approximations to gravitational instability….Pages 305-306
Primordial molecules in the collapse phase of a protocloud….Pages 307-310
The least-action approach to gravitational instability….Pages 311-316
Stochastic aggregation model for the multifractal distribution of matter….Pages 317-320
The theory of everything vs the theory of anything….Pages 321-332
Baryogenesis in brief….Pages 333-342
The complex scalar field, instantons and inflationary universes….Pages 343-352
Cosmoparticle physics of family symmetry breaking….Pages 353-362
Recent progress in inflationary cosmology….Pages 363-372
Black holes, wormholes, and time machines….Pages 373-378
Concluding Remarks….Pages 379-384