Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology

by Gottlober, S.; Mucket, Jan P.; Muller, V.

• ISBN13: 9789810209445
• ISBN10: 9810209444
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-10-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Participants
Typical Scales in the Distribution of Cosmic Matter	p. 3
Superlarge Scale Structure in the Universe from Deep Galaxy Surveys	p. 16
On Formation of the Superlarge Structure in the Universe	p. 30
Adhesion Model and the Large-Scale Coherent Structures	p. 35
The Imprint of the Great Wall on the Microwave Background Radiation	p. 41
Microwave Anisotropies from Texture Seeded Structure Formation	p. 46
Shadow Baryons as Dark Matter Candidates: Theoretical Motivation	p. 52
Models for Quasar Absorption Clouds	p. 57
Gravitational Lensing Statistics in the Presence of a Cosmological Constant	p. 62
Probing the Universe with Optical Data	p. 67
Luminosity Biasing in Galaxies by Inhomogeneous Gravity	p. 78
Topological Defects and Structure Formation	p. 85
Spectra of Perturbations Produced by Double Inflation with an Intermediate Matter-Dominated Stage	p. 102
Signatures of a Non-Gaussian Inflationary Model	p. 108
Nonflat Perturbation Spectra from Double Inflation and Background Temperature Fluctuations	p. 116
Higher Order Gravitational Models in Phase Space	p. 122
Attractors, Fluctuations and Bubbles in Generally Coupled Gravity	p. 127
The Evolution of Bubbles in Extended Inflation	p. 132
Gauge-Invariant Cosmological Perturbations with Collisionless Matter from Thermal Field Theory	p. 137
Cosmological Perturbations in Gravitationally Coupled Perfect Fluids	p. 142
Cosmological Perturbations and the Physical Meaning of Gauge-Invariant Variables	p. 147
Stability Borders and Classification of Density Perturbations	p. 152
Cosmology in Generalized Einstein Theories	p. 157
Radiative Solutions with Cosmological Constant and Cosmic No-Hair Conjecture	p. 167
Inflation as Attractor Solution for Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models	p. 172
Cosmological Arguments to the Hidden Dimensions	p. 177
The Question of Relics from Higher Dimensions	p. 182
On the Phenomenological Description of Particle and Entropy Creation	p. 187
String Theory in Curved Space Times and the Quantization of Gravity	p. 195
An Initial Condition for the Universal Wave Function	p. 217
Wave Function of the Universe in the One-Loop Approximation	p. 222
Decoherence in Quantum Cosmology	p. 227
Boundary Conditions for Coherent States in Mini-Superspace	p. 235
Particle Production, Induced Energy-Momentum Tensor, and the Trace Anomaly in (1+1)-Dimensional Curved Space-Times	p. 241
Quantum Interactions in Cosmic-String Spacetimes	p. 254
Restrictions on the Objects of Quantum Gravity from Terrestrial Experiments	p. 262
Jordan-Fock Type Uncertainty Relations and Cut-Off Lengths in Quantized General Relativity	p. 267
Gravitational Waves from Rotating Collapse	p. 273
W-Modes: A New Family of Normal Modes of Pulsating Relativistic Stars	p. 287
Gravitational Collapse of Neutron Star to Black Hole: Hydrodynamics and Neutrino Emission	p. 294
Basic Brane Mechanics	p. 300
Superconducting Cosmic String Tension: The Positivity Conjecture	p. 320
Triads and the Witten Equation	p. 325
Scale-Invariant Gravity in Two Dimensions II	p. 330
Two Body Interaction Energies in Classical General Relativity	p. 333
Spin Particle Motion and Electromagnetic Deviation	p. 339
General Relativistic Variational Principle for Fluids and Solids with Thermoelectromagnetic Effects	p. 342
Electromagnetism and the Dimensionality of Spacetime	p. 348
Axial-Symmetric Fields in the Projective Unified Field Theory	p. 355
Author Index	p. 360
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