Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology

The Table of Contents for the book is as follows:

• Preface

• List of Participants

• I. Large Scale Structure in the Universe

  • Typical Scales in the Distribution of Cosmic Matter

  • Superlarge Scale Structure in the Universe from Deep Galaxy Surveys

  • On Formation of the Superlarge Structure in the Universe

  • Adhesion Model and the Large-Scale Coherent Structures

  • The Imprint of the Great Wall on the Microwave Background Radiation

  • Microwave Anisotropies from Texture Seeded Structure Formation

  • Shadow Baryons as Dark Matter Candidates: Theoretical Motivation

  • Models for Quasar Absorption Clouds

  • Gravitational Lensing Statistics in the Presence of a Cosmological Constant

  • Probing the Universe with Optical Data

  • Luminosity Biasing in Galaxies by Inhomogeneous Gravity

• II. Inflationary Cosmology and Origin of Fluctuations

  • Topological Defects and Structure Formation

  • Spectra of Perturbations Produced by Double Inflation with an Intermediate Matter-Dominated Stage

  • Signatures of a Non-Gaussian Inflationary Model

  • Nonflat Perturbation Spectra from Double Inflation and Background Temperature Fluctuations

  • Higher Order Gravitational Models in Phase Space

  • Attractors, Fluctuations and Bubbles in Generally Coupled Gravity

  • The Evolution of Bubbles in Extended Inflation

  • Gauge-Invariant Cosmological Perturbations with Collisionless Matter from Thermal Field Theory

  • Cosmological Perturbations in Gravitationally Coupled Perfect Fluids

  • Cosmological Perturbations and the Physical Meaning of Gauge-Invariant Variables

  • Stability Borders and Classification of Density Perturbations

  • Cosmology in Generalized Einstein Theories

  • Radiative Solutions with Cosmological Constant and Cosmic No-Hair Conjecture

  • Inflation as Attractor Solution for Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models

  • Cosmological Arguments to the Hidden Dimensions

  • The Question of Relics from Higher Dimensions

  • On the Phenomenological Description of Particle and Entropy Creation

• III. Quantum Gravity

  • String Theory in Curved Space Times and the Quantization of Gravity

  • An Initial Condition for the Universal Wave Function

  • Wave Function of the Universe in the One-Loop Approximation

  • Decoherence in Quantum Cosmology

  • Boundary Conditions for Coherent States in Mini-Superspace

  • Particle Production, Induced Energy-Momentum Tensor, and the Trace Anomaly in (1+1)-Dimensional Curved Space-Times

  • Quantum Interactions in Cosmic-String Spacetimes

  • Restrictions on the Objects of Quantum Gravity from Terrestrial Experiments

  • Jordan-Fock Type Uncertainty Relations and Cut-Off Lengths in Quantized General Relativity

• IV. Relativistic Astrophysics and Applications of Gravitational Theory

  • Gravitational Waves from Rotating Collapse

  • W-Modes: A New Family of Normal Modes of Pulsating Relativistic Stars

  • Gravitational Collapse of Neutron Star to Black Hole: Hydrodynamics and Neutrino Emission

  • Basic Brane Mechanics

  • Superconducting Cosmic String Tension: The Positivity Conjecture

  • Triads and the Witten Equation

  • Scale-Invariant Gravity in Two Dimensions II

  • Two Body Interaction Energies in Classical General Relativity

  • Spin Particle Motion and Electromagnetic Deviation

  • General Relativistic Variational Principle for Fluids and Solids with Thermoelectromagnetic Effects

  • Electromagnetism and the Dimensionality of Spacetime

  • Axial-Symmetric Fields in the Projective Unified Field Theory

• Author Index