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The physical universe : the interface between cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics : proceedings of the XII Autumn School of Physics held at Lisbon, Portugal, 1-5 October 1990 /

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Meant as a review for students of astrophysics and particle physics, this book contains a selection of survey articles and seminar reports on "high energy cosmology". Included are contributions on topics ranging from classical cosmology, large scale structure, and primordial nucleosynthesi...

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Corporate Authors: Autumn School of Physics Lisbon, Portugal, SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Barrow, John D., 1952-2020
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1991]
Series:Lecture notes in physics ; 383.
Subjects:
Cosmology > Congresses.
Astrophysics > Congresses.
Particles (Nuclear physics) > Congresses.
Astrophysics.
Cosmology.
Particles (Nuclear physics)
Astrofysica.
Kosmologie.
Kwantumveldentheorie.
Elementaire deeltjes.
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Gravitation and hot big-bang cosmology / J.D. Barrow
  • Euclideanized Einstein-Yang-Mills equations, wormholes and the ground-state wave function of a radiation dominated universe / O. Bertolami and J.M. Mourāo
  • Experiments with neutrinos / P. Bordalo
  • Topological defects in the early universe / E. Copeland
  • The space telescope and the problems of cosmology / P. Crane
  • Self-gravitating magnetic monopoles, global monopoles and black holes / G.W. Gibbons
  • Understanding large-scale cosmic structure / B.J.T. Jones and R. van de Weygaert
  • Metric space as a model of spacetime : classical theory and quantization / C.J. Isham, Yu. A. Kubyshin and P. Renteln
  • Galaxy formation : an update / M.S. Longair.
  • The hypothesis of the expansion of the universe and the global tests / M. Moles
  • The early universe behaviour with non-minimal coupling / P. Moniz, P. Crawford and A. Barroso
  • Stability of compactification in Einstein-Yang-Mills theories / O. Bertolami, Yu. A. Kubyshin and J.M. Mourāo
  • Multivariate analysis and pattern recognition methods : a short review and some current directions / F. Murtagh
  • Cooling of neutron stars / C.J. Pethick
  • Experiments in high-energy physics : a brief introduction / M. Pimenta
  • Nucleosynthesis in big-bang models / F.D. Santos
  • The cosmological constant, third quantization and all that / G. Lavrelashvili
  • Structure of the inflationary universe / M.I. Zelnikov.