Current Topics In Astrofundamental Physics - Proceedings Of The 2nd Course In The International School Of Astrophysics "D Chalonge"
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Will be published approx. on 1. August 1993
Book
Hardback
644 pages
978-981-02-1501-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an updated understanding of the progress and current problems in the interplay between fundamental physics, astrophysics and cosmology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
ISBN-13
978-981-02-1501-9 (9789810215019)
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Editor
Demirm, Observatoire De Paris, France
European Physical Society, Geneva, Switzerland
Content
Cosmological electroweak phase transition, M. Gleiser and E.W. Kolb; gravitatonal repulsion causes the expansion of the universe, D. Lynden-Bell; status of the inflationary scenario after detection of cosmic microwave background anisotropy, D.S. Salopek; experimentally testing the Big Bang, D.N. Schramm; a non-singular universe?, R.H. Brandenberger; the small scale anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation - primary fluctuations and secondary fluctuations, R.B. Partridge; COBE DMR results - cosmic background anisotropies, G.F. Smoot; spectral measurements of the cosmic microwave background, A.I. Kogut; comparison between COBE preliminary results and ULISSE observations, B. Melchiorri and F. Melchiorri; light, gravity and large scale structure (D. Lynden-Bell; the large scale structure of the universe, C.S. Frenk; topological defect models of structure formation after the COBE discovery of CMB anisotropies, R.H. Brandenberger; laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors, K. Danzmann; the internal constitution of black holes, W. Israel; neutrinos as fundamental probes, P. Ramond; high-energy neutrino astrophysics, M.M. Shapiro; observations of gamma-ray bursts by the BATSE experiment on the Compton Observatory, G.J. Fishman; A. survey of results from the first year of EGRET operation, R.C. Hartman and J.F. Ormes. (Part contents.)