The Eighth Marcel Grossmann Meeting: On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories: Proceedings of the Meeting held at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 22-27 June 1997

Part A
	Title
	Copyright
	Publications in the Series
	Organizing Committees and Sponsors
	Marcel Grossmann Awards
	Preface
	Dedication in Honour of Yuval Ne\'eman\'s 70th Birthday
	CONTENTS
	PLENARY SESSIONS
		Discrete Gravity
		The Quantum and Gravity: The Wheeler-DeWitt Equation
		Perturbative Dynamics of Quantum General Relativity
		Broken Symmetry: Applying the Method of the Superconnection for Riemannian Gravity
		Recent Developments in String Theory
		Black Holes and D-Branes
		The Notions of Time and Evolution in Quantum Cosmology
		Quantum Black Holes as Atoms
		Curvature-Based Hyperbolic Systems for General Relativity
		Inner Structure of Spinning Black Holes
		Has the Black Hole Equilibrium Problem Been Solved?
		Progress in the Development of Resonant Mass Gravitational Wave Detectors
		Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors Spanning 7 Decades of Frequency
		Virgo Status Report - July 1998
		Water Masers in Active Galactic Nuclei
		Astrophysical Evidence for Black Hole Event Horizons
		Large Scale Structure
		Variations of the Cosmic Expansion Field and the Value of the Hubble Constant
		Data Reduction, Error Analysis and Identification of Systematic Errors in the Gravity Probe B Experiment
	PARALLEL SESSIONS
	Conservation Laws
		Brief Survey on Conservation Laws
		Conservation Laws for Cosmological Perturbations and Mach\'s Principle
		A Direct Method for Obtaining the Differential Conservation Laws
		From Taub Numbers to the Bondi Mass
		Machian Thought Experiments
		The ADM Mass of Quasi-Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes
		On Superpotentials in General Relativity
		Conservation Laws in General Relativity
		The First Satisfactory Definition of Angular Momentum at Null Infinity
		Conservation Laws in Cosmology
		Nonlocal Conservation Laws Derived from an Explicit Equivalence Principle
	Exact Solutions
		The Lanczos Potential for the Weyl Tensor
		Robinson-Trautman Radiative Space-Times with Cosmological Constant
		Abrupt Changes in the Multipole Moments of a Gravitating Body
		Fluid Spheres of Uniform Density with Variable Space Curvature
		Physical Interpretation of Cylindrically Symmetric Gravitational Fields
		Exact Wave Solution of Einstein\'s Equations
		New Conformally Flat Radiation Metrics by GHP Integration
		Toroidal Solutions to the Problem of Inhomogeneous Rotating, Gravitating Systems
		On Some Group Properties of Structure Equations of Newtonian Static Stars in Radiative and Convective Equilibrium
		Modeling Dilaton Stars with Arbitrary Electromagnetic Field
		Stationary Axisymmetric Dust Disks and Hyperelliptic Riemann Surfaces
		Relativistic Disks as Sources of Kerr-Newman Fields
		Nonholonomic Approach to Rotating Matter in General Relativity
		Thermodynamical Stability of Relativistic Stellar Systems
		How Much Quasinormal Ringing in a Gravitational Wave?
		A New Approach to Schwarzschild Perturbations
		Similarity Reduction for a Class of Algebraically Special Perfect Fluids
		Two-Lambda Spherically Symmetric Solution
		Test Particles and Photons in the Kerr-Newman-De Sitter Dyon Spacetimes
		Ideal Gas Sources for the Tolman-Lemaitre-Bondi Metrics
		Point Symmetries of the Field Equations for Type III Spaces with at Least One Killing Vector
		Classical and Quantum Aspects of Radiation Fluid Shells: Black Holes and Wormholes, Mass Amplification, Light Dark Matter
		Monopole and Electrically Charged Dust Thin Shells in General Relativity: Classical and Quantum Comparison of Hollow and Atom-like Configurations
	Inertial Forces in General Relativity
		The Inertial Forces/Test Particle Motion Game
		Geometric Approach to the Split and Propagation of Light Rays
		Interplay between Forces in Kerr-Newman Field
		Gravitoelectromagnetism and Motion of Spinning Test Particles in General Relativity
		Circular Orbits in the Kerr Spacetime: Centrifugal Forces and Anti-Newtonian Behavior
		Dirac Fermions in Almost Uniformly Accelerated Frames
		Equations of Motion of Spinning Relativistic Particle in External Fields
		A Gravitational Kaleidoscope
		Penrose Processes and the Gravitomagnetic Field
		Principle of Restricted Covariance in General Relativity
	Alternative Theories in Four Dimensions
		Alternative Gravitational Theories in Four Dimensions
		Spinning Particle as Superblackhole
		On the Non-Riemannian Manifolds as Framework for Geometric Unification Theories: Affine Connection Geometry with Asymmetric Metric
		Tensor Expressions in Rosen\'s Theory of Gravitation
		The Geometry of Deformation Quantization and Self-Dual Gravity
		Scalar Field from Dirac Coupled Torsion
		Is a \'Hadronic\' Shear Current One of the Source in Metric-Affine Gravity?
		Bianchi Cosmology with Spinning Matter and Magnetic Field in the Einstein-Cartan Theory
		New Constraints on Space-Time Torsion from Hughes-Drever Experiments
		Can the Electromagnetic Field Couple to Post-Riemannian Structures?
		Space-time Averages in Macroscopic Gravity
		General Relativity as Continuum with Microstructure. A Framework Based on Formal Theory of Lie Pseudogroups
		On a Theory for Nonminimal Gravitational-Electromagnetic Coupling Consistent with Observational Data
		Torsion, Thermodynamical, Quantum and Hydrodynamical Fluctuations
		General Relativity in Terms of Dirac Eigenvalues
		Unification of Gravitation and Electroweak Interactions
		An Alternative Perspective in Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity
		Fluctuational Cosmology
		Towards Hypergravity
		Newton\'s Precession Theorem, Eccentric Orbits and Mercury\'s Orbit
		Gravitation: Field and Curvature
		Gravitation Spin Effect and Magnetic Inclination of Pulsars
	Alternative Theories (Kaluza-Klein)
		Geometric Extended Gravity Theory of Yang-Mills Type
		Gravitating P-Brane Systems, Black Holes and Wormholes
		Reasons for the Space-Time to be Four-Dimensional
		Mathematical Problems in Higher Order Gravity and Cosmology
		Multidimensional Geometrical Model of the Electrical and SU(2) Colour Charge with Splitting Off the Extra Coordinates
		Multidimensional SU(2) Wormhole between Two Null Surfaces
		Gravitational Theory without the Cosmological Constant Problem
		Gravitational Excitons from Extra Dimensions
		An Alternative KK Theory and Black Hole Formation
		Multidimensional Gravity with P-Branes
		Complete Classification of 1+1 Gravity Solutions
	Hairy Black Holes
		Summary Report on the Session on Hairy Black Holes
		Extreme Black Holes Won\'t Wear Long Hair
		Singularities Inside Hairy Black Holes
		Mass Formulas for a Class of Stationary Black Holes
		Static Regular and Black Hole Solutions with Axial Symmetry in EYM and EYMD Theory
		The Non-Linear Sigma Model on De Sitter Space
		Limiting Solutions of Sequences of Globally Regular and Black Hole Solutions in SU(N)-EYMD Theories
		Spherical Black Holes Cannot Support Scalar Hair
		Non-Abelian Black Holes in Brans-Dicke Theory
		On Stationary Black Holes of the Einstein-Conformally Scalar Field System
	Time Machines
		Time Machines
		The Principle of Self-Consistency and the Cauchy Problem for a Self-Interacting Relativistic Particle in the Presence of a Time Machine
		Time Machine and Foliations
		Causality in Topologically Nontrivial Space-Times
		Time Machines with Non-Compactly Generated Cauchy Horizons and \"Handy Singularities\"
		On Causality Violation and Singularities
		Lorentzian Wormholes in a De Sitter Cosmos
		On the Causal Structure of Spinning Einstein-Yang-Mills Strings
		Gravity and Time Machines
		The Reliability Horizon
	Chaos in General Relativity
		On the Turbulence near Cosmological Singularity
		Fractals and Symbolic Dynamics as Invariant Descriptors of Chaos in General Relativity
		The Mixmaster Universe is Unambiguously Chaotic
		Chaotic Exit to Inflation: The Dynamics of Pre-Inflationary Universes
		On the Stochasticity in the Mixmaster Model
		Chaotic Exit to Inflation: Pre-Inflationary Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universes
		Perturbation Theory in Macroscopic Gravity: On the Definition of Background
		Chaos and Quantumlike Mechanics in Atmospheric Flows: A Superstring Theory for Supergravity
		Chaos in Schwarzschild and Kerr Space time — The Motion of a Spinning Particle
		Relaxations and Long Time Evolutions of One-Dimensional N-Body Systems
	Einstein Maxwell Systems
		New Two-Component Spinor Formulae for Classical General Relativity
		Cauchy Problem for a Relativistic Charged Continuum
		Electrostatic Field Generation in the Pulsar Magnetosphere Relativistic Plasma
		Split Structures in General Relativity
		Torsional Weyl-Dirac Electrodynamics
		Can Non-Gravitational Black Holes Exists?
		On Scattering Off the Extreme Reissner-Nordström Black Hole in N = 2 Supergravity
		Knots in Simulations of Magnetized Relativistic Jets
	Mass Inflation
		Parallel Session on Mass Inflation
		Mass Inflation Inside Non-Abelian Black Holes
		Structure of the Cauchy Horizon Singularity
		Some Cosmological Tails of Collapse
		Oscillatory and Power-Law Mass Inflation in Non-Abelian Black Holes
		Mass-Inflation in Dynamical Gravitational Collapse of a Charge Scalar-Field
		Stability of Plane-Wave Cauchy Horizons
	Critical Phenomena
		Critical Phenomena in Gravitational Collapse
		Spherical Collapse of a Mass-Less Scalar Field With Semi-Classical Corrections
		A Critical Look at Massive Scalar Field Collapse
		Dynamical Instability and Critical Behavior of van Putten\'s \"Approximate Black Hole\"
		Critical Behaviour and Universality in Gravitational Collapse of a Charged Scalar Field
		Fine-Structure of Choptuik\'s Mass-Scaling Relation
		The Structure of Singularity in Gravitational Collapse
		Quantum Mass Gap at the Threshold of Black Hole Formation I
		Quantum Mass Gap at the Threshold of Black Hole Formation II
	Numerical Relativity
		Gauge Schocks in Hyperbolic Relativity
		Evolutions of Stellar Oscillations
		Lattice Models of 2D Quantum Gravity
		BH Punctures as Initial Data for General Relativity
		Three Dimensional Distorted Black Holes: Initial Data and Evolution
		The Matter Plus Black Hole Problem in Axisymmetry
		New Coordinate Systems for Axisymmetric Black Hole Collisions
		Free Evolution of Nonlinear Scalar Field Collapse in Double-Null Coordinates
		Variational Method and Regge Equations
		A 1D Solver for the Einstein Field Equations
		Black Holes Illuminated by Infalling Material
		Graph Theory in Mathematical Cosmology
		Gravitational Radiation from Colliding Black Holes: The Close Limit Approximation
		Nonlinear Wave Equations for Numerical Relativity: Towards the Computation of Gravitational Wave Forms of Black Hole Binaries
		Newtonian and Post-Newtonian Binary Neutron Star Mergers
		Lorentzian Dynamics in the Ashtekar Gravity
	Algebraic Computations
		EinS: A Mathematica Package for Computations with Indexed Objects
		Tensign, the Philosophy Behind a New Userinterface
	Quantum Fields in Curved Space Time
		Quantum Fields in Anti-De Sitter Wormholes
		On the Theory of the Unruh Effect
		Somewhat Managable Propagators in Curved Space
		Semiclassical Quantization on Black Hole Spacetimes
		Instructive Properties of Quantized Gravitating Dust Shell
		Gauge Dependence of the Effective Average Action in Einstein Gravity
		Transition Amplitudes of Interacting Charged Particles in an Electric Field and the Unruh Effect
		Acceleration-Induced Carrier of the Imprints of Gravitation
		Gravitational Conical Bremsstrahlung and Differential Structures
		Radiation by Static Sources Outside Static Black Hole?
		Superluminal Velocities of Photons in Gravitational Background
		Kinematics and Uncertainty Relations of a Quantum Test Particle in a Curved Space-Time
		Particle Creation and Vacuum Polarization of Nonconformal Scalar Field Near the Isotropic Cosmological Singularity
		Metric Fluctuations in Semiclassical Gravity
		Energy-Momentum Tensor and Particle Creation in the De Sitter Universe
		Scalar Perturbations in Open Semiclassical FLRW Universe
		Classical Backgrounds with Vanishing Effective Lagrangians
		An Approach to Quantum Statistical Mechanics on Robertson-Walker Space-Times
		Spinning Particles on Curved Spaces and Constants of Motion
		Gravitational Vacuum Polarization
Part B
	Title
	Copyright
	Publications in the Series
	Organizing Committee and Sponsors
	Marcel Grossman Awards
	Preface
	Dedication in Honour of Yuval Ne\'eman\'s  70th Birthday
	CONTENTS
	Time in Quantum Gravity
		Thermodynamics for Gravitating Systems is Different
		The Evolution Operator for Quantum Gravity: Signature Change in Minisuperspace
		Kolmogorov\'s Algorithmic Complexity and its Probability Interpretation in Quantum Gravity
		Covariant Introduction of the Planck Length in the Path Integral Formulation of Field Theory
		Quantum Reference Frames and Quantum Space-Time
		Time in Quantum Gravity
		Time, Gauge, and the Superposition Principle in Quantum Gravity
		Continuous Consistent Histories and the Tunneling Time Problem
	Canonical Quantum Gravity
		Canonical Quantum Gravity Session: Summary Report
		The Equivalence Between the Connection and the Loop Representation of Quantum Gravity
		On Generalized Dynamics of Bianchi IX Cosmology
		Canonical Structure of Locally Homogeneous Systems on Compact 3-manifolds
		CP-Symmetry in Chiral Gravity
		Problems of Minisuperspace Canonical Quantization
		Constants of the Motion and the Quantum Modular Group in (2+1)-Dimensional Gravity
		From Reissner-Nordström Quantum States to Charged Black Holes Mass Evaporation
		The Role of Dilations in Diffeomorphism Covariant Algebraic Quantum Field Theory
		Loop Quantum Gravity
		Eisenhart\'s Principle ― on the Road to Desingularize Geodesic Motion in Minisuperspace
		Hamiltonians for Compact Homogeneous Universes
	Strings
		Type I Vacua in the Web of String Dualities
		2D Induced Gravity from a WZNW System
		Dirac Constraint Quantization of Matter-Coupled 2D Dilaton Gravity Models
		Exact Path Integral Quantization of 2-D Dilaton Gravity
		Minimum Size from Strings and Quantum Cosmology
	The Casimir Effect
		Casimir Effect in Schwarzschild Geometry
		The Casimiro Experiment: Dynamical Detection of Casimir Forces
		High Sensitivity Measurement of the Casimir Force and Observability of Finite Temperature Effects
		Pair of Accelerated Frames: A Perfect Interferometer
		Is Sonoluminescence Due to Dynamical Casimir Effect?
	Black Hole Thermodynamics
		Black Hole Thermodynamics Today
		Constraints on the Geometries of Black Holes in Classical and Semiclassical Gravity
		Rindler Space Entropy
		Black Holes of Constant Curvature
		The \'UPS\' and \'Downs\' of a Spinning Black Hole
		Thermodynamics of Nonsingular Spherically Symmetric Black Hole
		Black Hole Entropy and Entanglement Thermodynamics
		Euclidean Instantons and Hawking Radiation
		Toward the New Gravitational Noncommutative Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics of Quantum Block Holes
		Loop Corrections for 2D Hawking Radiation
		Black Hole Entropy from Loop Quantum Gravity
		The Black Hole Entropy: A Spacetime Foam Approach
		Covariant Path Integrals and Black Holes
	Quantum Cosmology
		Quantum Analysis of the Compactification Process in the Multidimensional Einstein-Yang-Mills System
		Can Spontaneous Supersymmetry Breaking in a Quantum Universe Induce the Emergence of Classical Spacetimes?
		The Old Frequency Decomposition Problem in the Light of New Quantization Methods
		New Results in One-Loop Quantum Cosmology
		Complex Inflaton Field in Quantum Cosmology
		Quantum Inhomogeneous Mixmaster Model and the Origin of the Early Universe
		Supersymmetric Quantum Cosmology: The Lorentz Constraint
		Can We Obtain Conserved Currents in Supersymmetric Quantum Cosmology?
		Quantum Cosmology in Some Scalar-Tensor Theories
	Gravitational Wave Detectors―Bars
		Gravitational Wave Resonant Detectors: Status and Perspectives
		Operation of the Gravitational Wave Detector NAUTILUS
		Advances and Perspectives in Capacitive Transducers and Associated Readout
		Transducer Development for the Allegro Detector
		Calibration and Filtering of Data from a Resonant Mass Gravitational Wave Antenna
		Sapphire Dielectric Resonant-Mass Transducer for Gravitational Wave Detection
	Gravitational Wave Detectors―Interferometers
		Gravitational Waves Detection by Phase Interference
		Sapphire Test Masses and Nb Flexure Suspensions to Reduce the Thermal Noise in Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Detectors
		Design of Suspension System for GEO 600
		Progress on Low-Frequency Active Vibration Isolation
		Performance of Vibration Isolation System for TAMA300
		Ultra-Low Frequency Pre-Isolation
		The Development of an 8m Suspended Power Recycling Interferometer
	Gravitational Wave Detectors―Sources
		Gravitational-Wave Sources
		Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors and the Galactic White Dwarf Binary Background
		On the Perturbation of Non-Rotating Compact Objects Excited by Massive Sources
		Calculating the Cosmic Background of Supernova-Generated Gravitational Radiation
		Searches of Inspiraling Compact Binaries with Interferometric Detectors
		Radiation Backreaction in Spinning Binaries
		Cylindrical Collapse and the Gravitational Radiation from van Stockum Space-Time Objects
		Black Hole Perturbation Approach to Gravitational Radiation from Inspiralling Binaries
		Radiation Reaction in Free Fall from Perturbative Geodesic Equations in Spherical Coordinates
		Spinning Particle around Black Hole and Gravitational Wave
		Supernovae as a Strong Source of Gravitational Radiation
	Gravitational Wave Detectors―Future
		Response of a Spaceborn Gravitational Wave Antenna to Solar Oscillations
		Observing Coalescing Binaries with Space-Borne Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors: Angular Resolution and Astrophysical Parameter Measurements
	General Relativity in Space
		General Relativity in Space
		Development of the Gravity Probe B Payload
		The Technology Heritage of the Relativity Mission, Gravity Probe B
		What Can LLR Provide to Relativity?
		A Robust Squid System for Space Use
		The Clock(s)-to-the-Sun Mission: A New Look
		Testing for Preferred Inertial Frames with Laser Ranging
	Experimental Tests
		Session on Experimental Tests
		SEE Project for Measuring the Gravitational Interaction Parameters
		A New Inverse Square Law Test
		Influence of the Gravitational Field on the Beam Splitting Process in Atom Interferometry
		The TIFR Equivalence Principle Experiment
		Local Reference Systems with PPN Parameters
		Quantum Tests of Einstein\'s Equivalence Principle
		Techniques for a High-Precision Frame-Dragging Measurement Using an Unsupported Gyroscope in a Drag-Free Satellite
		Preparation for a Determination of G Using a Cryogenic Torsion Pendulum
		A New Experiment to Measure G by Means of a Beam Balance
		Search for Axions Using a Superconducting Differential Angular Accelerometer
		Determination of the Gravitational Constant G Using a Fabry-Pérot Pendulum Resonator
		Possibility of Observing the Gravitational Analogue of the Scalar Aharanov-Bohm Effect in Atom Interferometers
	Equivalence Principle in Space
		Tests of the Equivalence Principle in Space
		MiniSTEP SQUID Position Sensor Development
		The Using Two-Frequency Lasers in the Gravitational Experiments
		Test of the Weak Equivalence Principle in Stratospheric Free Fall
		Separating Out the Radial-Offset Error in a Two­-Sphere Equivalence-Principle Experiment in a Satellite
		Suppressing Radial Non-Observability in a Concentric Two-Sphere Equivalence-Principle Experiment by Gravity-Gradient Cancellation
		The Two-Color Transcollimator, a Precision Position Detector for a Satellite Two-Sphere Equivalence-Principle Experiment
		Cosmic Tests for a More Explicit Equivalence Principle
		High Sensitive SQUID Based Position Detectors for Application in Gravitational Experiments
	Observational Cosmology
		Large Scale Structure of the Universe ― Introduction
		Gravitational Potential Perturbations and Large Scale Bias
		Has the Universe a Honeycomb Structure?
		Renormalization Group Approach to Einstein Equation in Cosmology
		Testing Relativistic Zel\'dovich Approximation in Spherically Symmetric Model
		On the Power Law Dependence of the Average Density of the Galaxies in the Universe
		Power Spectra and Large Scale Structure Formation in Mixed Dark Matter Models with a Cosmological Constant
		Large-Scale Mass Power Spectrum from Peculiar Velocities
	Inflation
		Tensor CMB Anisotropy in Open Inflation Models
		Canonical Perturbations in the One Bubble Universe
		On Classical Anisotropies in Models of Open Inflation
		Second-Order Reconstruction of Inflationary Dynamics Compatible with Recent COBE Data
		Cosmological Vacuum in Unified Theories
	Topological Defects
		Can a Self-Gravitating Thin Cosmic String Obey the Nambu-Goto Dynamics?
		Current-Carrying Cosmic String Loops Leading to Vortons
		On The Formation of Hierarchical Astronomical Objects in the Cosmic String Scheme
		On the Perturbation of Domain Wall Coupled to Gravitational Waves
		Formation Probability of Non-Topological Electroweak Strings
		Cylindrical Domain Walls and Gravitational Waves ― Einstein Rosen Wave Emission from Momentarily Static Initial Configuration
		Numerical Experiments in Cosmic String Networks in Terms of a Three-Scale Model
		Topology of the Universe and Topological Defects
	Early Universe
		FRW-Geometry Evolution due to Quantum Effects
		Exact Solutions and Growth of Cosmological Perturbations in the Transition Era from the Radiation to Matter Dominance
		Higher Derivative Theory with Viscosity
		Baryogenesis Motivated on String CPT Violation
		Zero Energy Modes of Massless Fermions in S3 x R Spacetime
		Self-Consistent Solutions for Low-Frequency Gravitational Background Radiation
		Cosmological Structures in Generalized Gravity
		Bubble Dynamics at Finite Temperature
		Energy in the Primordial Plasma
		The Cosmic Fluid is Essentially Transparent to Gravitational Radiation
		Origin of Structure in a Supersymmetric Quantum Universe
		Energy Conditions and Galaxy Formation
		Cosmological Perturbations and Large-Scale Conservation Quantities
	Cosmic Microwave Background
		A Quick View of the CMB Session and Thermal History & CMB Anisotropies
		The Signature of the Negative Curvature of the Universe in CMB Maps
		Recent Results of the Tenerife CMB Experiments
		CMB Anisotropies Caused by Gravitational Waves: A Parameter Study
		Can the CMBR Dipole be Cosmological?
		On Ergodic Perturbations in the Open Universe
	Nonsingular Cosmology
		The Program of the Eternal Universe
		The Causal Interpretation of Dust and Radiation Fluids Non-Singular Quantum Cosmologies
		Inflationary Cosmology in Weyl Integrable Geometry
		Globally Hyperbolic Geodesically Complete Cosmological Model
		Relativistic Cosmological Hydrodynamics
		An Alternative Perspective in Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity
		Fluctuational Cosmology
	Dark Matter
		Dark Matter ― An Introduction
		Baryonic Dark Matter
		Microlensing Implications for Halo Dark Matter
		Landau Damping of Fermion Perturbations in an Expanding Universe
		Some Geometrical Models the Possible Class of Particles Able to Travel Faster than Light
		Evolution of Power Spectrum for Inos
		Accelerator Test of the Dark Matter Neutrino Hypothesis
		The Oscillating G Model: A Possible Explanation for the Apparent Periodicity in the Galaxy Distribution and for the Cosmological Non-Baryonic Matter
		Boson Halo: Scalar Field Model for Dark Halos of Galaxies
		Experimental Evidence of a New Type of Quantized Matter with Quanta as Integer Multiples of the Planck Mass
		A Theory of Superluminal Particles with Real Mass Content in Agreement with Experimental Evidence of a New Type of Quantized Matter
		Microlensing by Noncompact Objects
	Astro-particles
		Primordial Nucleosynthesis with Neutrino Degeneracy and Gravitational Constant Variation
		The Search for Antimatter in the Universe
		Neutrino Transport in Type II Supernovae Boltzmann Solver vs. Monte Carlo Method
	Gravitational Lenses
		Some Global Results on Gravitational Lensing
		Defocusing Microlensing
		The Fermat Principle in General Relativity and the Gravitational Lensing Effect
		On the Classification of Stable Caustics
		Properties of Point Mass Lenses on a Regular Polygon and the Problem of Maximum Number of Images
		Counting Formulas and Bounds on Number of Fixed Points Due to Point Mass Lenses
		Gravitational Lens Equation Near Cusps
	Extragalactic Sources
		Overwhelming Evidence for a Massive Black Hole in a Nearby Galaxy from Maser Emission Observations
	Astrophysical Black Holes
		Some Effects due to Interaction of Charged Particles and Charged Rotating Black Holes
	QPO\'s
		Lense-Thirring Precession and QPOs in Low Mass X-Ray Binaries
		General Relativity and Quasi-Periodic Oscillations
	Binary Neutron Stars
		Report of the Workshop on Binary Neutron Stars/Black Holes
		Dynamics of Relativistic Superfluid in Neutron Stars
		Relativistic Studies of Close Neutron Star Binaries
		Gravitational Waves from Coalescing Black Hole MACHO Binaries
		May an Eclipsing Binary Radiopulsar Be a Strong-Field Gravitational Laboratory?
		Location of the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit of Binary Neutron Stars in the First Post Newtonian Approximation
		Relativistic Equations of Motion for Binary Systems with Monopole, Spin and Complete Quadrupole Moments
	Microlenses
		Gravitational Microlensing Research
		Microlensing Results and the Galactic Models
		MACHO versus HST: How Bright Can Dark Matter Be?
		Noncompact Astronomical Bodies as Microlenses
	Gamma Ray Bursts
		The Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery
		Can Internal Shocks Produce the Variability in GRBs?
		Gamma-Ray Bursts from Neutron Star Binaries
		A Unified Model for Gamma Ray Bursters, Galactic Microquasars and Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays
		Spectral Implications of Variability in GRB Fireballs
		Numerical Simulations of Colliding Neutron Stars
	Boson Stars
		Boson Stars: Early History and Recent Prospects
		Localized Mass and Spin in 2+1 Dimensional Topologically Massive Gravity
		On the Stability of Real Scalar Boson Stars
		Differentially Rotating Boson Stars
	List of Participants
	Author Index