Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology

Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar

Tenth Seminar

, Potsdam, Germany

, 21 – 26 October 1991

https://doi.org/10.1142/1638 | August 1992

Pages: 372

Edited by:
S Gottlöber (Astrophysical Institute, Potsdam, Germany),
J P Mücket (Astrophysical Institute, Potsdam, Germany), and
V Müller (Astrophysical Institute, Potsdam, Germany)

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This book deals mainly with gravitational physics and its application to the very early universe and models for relativistic objects. It reviews our present knowledge about the origin and formation of large-scale structure, quantum cosmology and some problems of observational cosmology. Experimental tests of general relativity, gravitational wave astrophysics and string theory complete the lists of themes in this volume which contains invited and contributed papers.

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Typical Scales in the Distribution of Cosmic Matter (394 KB)

Contents:

Typical Scales in the Distribution of Cosmic Matter (G Börner et al.)
Superlarge Scale Structure in the Universe from Deep Galaxy Surveys (O E Buryak et al.)
Topological Defects and Structure Formation (R H Brandenberger)
Spectra of Perturbations Produced by Double Inflation with an Intermediate Matter-Dominated Stage (D Polarski & A A Starobinsky)
Signatures of a Non-Gaussian Inflationary Model (D S Salopek)
String Theory in Curved Space Times and the Quantization of Gravity (N Sanchez)
Decoherence in Quantum Cosmology (C Kiefer)
Gravitational Waves from Rotational Collapse (G Schäfer)
Basic Brane Mechanics (B Carter)
and other papers

Readership: Physicists and astrophysicists.

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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