Overview

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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Author:   Franco Occhionero
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Volume:   455
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.629kg
ISBN:  

9783662140260

ISBN 10:   3662140268
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   13 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Wave function of the universe and particle physics.- Gravitational topological charge.- Cosmological principle and the debate about large scale structures distribution.- Statistics of cosmological inhomogeneities.- The potential of potential reconstruction.- Naturalness of inflation.- Inflation and gravitational waves.- Stationary Universe Model: Inputs and Outputs.- The inflationary role of the dilaton in string cosmology.- String cosmology.- Multidimensional cosmological models: Classical and quantum solutions.- Semiclassical equations for homogeneous cosmologies with perturbations.- Nöther symmetries and exact solutions.- Thermodynamics of solitons.- A Schrödinger equation for quantum universes.- Cosmic time machines.- First post inflationary particles equation of state.- Thermal quantum corrections to (Anti) de Sitter geometry.- Primordial non-gaussian signatures in the sky.- Quantum diffusion of planck mass and the evolution of the universe.- Billiard representation for multidimensional quantum cosmology near the singularity.- Connecting inflation to observations.- False vacuum chaotic Inflation: The new paradigm?.- Comments on standard cosmology.- Emergence of classical geometry in quantum cosmology.- Non-linear relativistic evolution of cosmological perturbations in irrotational dust.- Observing cosmic strings through their lensing properties.- Scalar-tensor theories with generalized dilaton couplings.- Long-range energy and momentum transfer in the Quark-Hadron Phase Transition.- Exact solutions for cosmological perturbations with collisionless matter.- First-order inflation in general relativity.- Beyond direct hierarchical clustering.- Evidence that gamma-ray bursts repeat and are Galactic in origin.- Quasars and large scale structure of the universe.-Primordial perturbation spectra with broken scale invariance and comparison with observations.- Mixed cold-hot dark matter model with a falling initial perturbation spectrum.- Voids and adhesion theory.- The current status of late time phase transition models.- Primary anisotropy detections in the cosmic microwave background.- COBE observations of the Big Bang.- The COBRAS/SAMBA mission.- Cosmic strings confront COBE.- Beyond the central limit theorem.- Using the equation of hydrostatic equilibrium for the determination of galaxy clusters masses.- The cluster distribution as a test for dark matter models.- Kurtosis of cosmological density and velocity fields.- CMBR polarization from gravitational waves.- Hamilton-Jacobi theory and the Zel'dovich approximation.- The effect of gravitational lensing on observations of the CMBR.- Angular momentum redistribution in remnants of merger of galaxies.- Galaxy surveys and dark matter models: The statistics of voids.- X-ray data vs. galaxy velocity dispersions in galaxy clusters.- Gravitational microlensing by halo dark matter.- Merging rates inside large scale structures.- The environment of local AGNs.- A comparison of approximations to gravitational instability.- Primordial molecules in the collapse phase of a protocloud.- The least-action approach to gravitational instability.- Stochastic aggregation model for the multifractal distribution of matter.- The theory of everything vs the theory of anything.- Baryogenesis in brief.- The complex scalar field, instantons and inflationary universes.- Cosmoparticle physics of family symmetry breaking.- Recent progress in inflationary cosmology.- Black holes, wormholes, and time machines.- Concluding Remarks.

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