Birth of the Universe and Fundamental Physics: Proceedings of the International Workshop Held in Rome, Italy, 18–21 May 1994

Wave function of the universe and particle physics....Pages 1-10
Gravitational topological charge....Pages 11-16
Cosmological principle and the debate about large scale structures distribution....Pages 17-24
Statistics of cosmological inhomogeneities....Pages 25-34
The potential of potential reconstruction....Pages 35-44
Naturalness of inflation....Pages 45-52
Inflation and gravitational waves....Pages 53-60
Stationary Universe Model: Inputs and Outputs....Pages 61-70
The inflationary role of the dilaton in string cosmology....Pages 71-78
String cosmology....Pages 79-80
Multidimensional cosmological models: Classical and quantum solutions....Pages 81-84
Semiclassical equations for homogeneous cosmologies with perturbations....Pages 85-88
Nöther symmetries and exact solutions....Pages 89-92
Thermodynamics of solitons....Pages 93-94
A Schrödinger equation for quantum universes....Pages 95-98
Cosmic time machines....Pages 99-102
First post inflationary particles equation of state....Pages 103-106
Thermal quantum corrections to (Anti) de Sitter geometry....Pages 107-110
Primordial non-gaussian signatures in the sky....Pages 111-114
Quantum diffusion of planck mass and the evolution of the universe....Pages 115-120
Billiard representation for multidimensional quantum cosmology near the singularity....Pages 121-126
Connecting inflation to observations....Pages 127-130
False vacuum chaotic Inflation: The new paradigm?....Pages 131-134
Comments on standard cosmology....Pages 135-136
Emergence of classical geometry in quantum cosmology....Pages 137-140
Non-linear relativistic evolution of cosmological perturbations in irrotational dust....Pages 141-144
Observing cosmic strings through their lensing properties....Pages 145-148
Scalar-tensor theories with generalized dilaton couplings....Pages 149-150
Long-range energy and momentum transfer in the Quark-Hadron Phase Transition....Pages 151-154
Exact solutions for cosmological perturbations with collisionless matter....Pages 155-158
First-order inflation in general relativity....Pages 159-162
Beyond direct hierarchical clustering....Pages 163-172
Evidence that gamma-ray bursts repeat and are Galactic in origin....Pages 173-182
Quasars and large scale structure of the universe....Pages 183-186
Primordial perturbation spectra with broken scale invariance and comparison with observations....Pages 187-194
Mixed cold-hot dark matter model with a falling initial perturbation spectrum....Pages 195-204
Voids and adhesion theory....Pages 205-212
The current status of late time phase transition models....Pages 213-220
Primary anisotropy detections in the cosmic microwave background....Pages 221-234
COBE observations of the Big Bang....Pages 235-242
The COBRAS/SAMBA mission....Pages 243-250
Cosmic strings confront COBE....Pages 251-258
Beyond the central limit theorem....Pages 259-262
Using the equation of hydrostatic equilibrium for the determination of galaxy clusters masses....Pages 263-264
The cluster distribution as a test for dark matter models....Pages 265-268
Kurtosis of cosmological density and velocity fields....Pages 269-272
CMBR polarization from gravitational waves....Pages 273-276
Hamilton-Jacobi theory and the Zel\'dovich approximation....Pages 277-280
The effect of gravitational lensing on observations of the CMBR....Pages 281-284
Angular momentum redistribution in remnants of merger of galaxies....Pages 285-286
Galaxy surveys and dark matter models: The statistics of voids....Pages 287-290
X-ray data vs. galaxy velocity dispersions in galaxy clusters....Pages 291-294
Gravitational microlensing by halo dark matter....Pages 295-300
Merging rates inside large scale structures....Pages 301-302
The environment of local AGNs....Pages 303-304
A comparison of approximations to gravitational instability....Pages 305-306
Primordial molecules in the collapse phase of a protocloud....Pages 307-310
The least-action approach to gravitational instability....Pages 311-316
Stochastic aggregation model for the multifractal distribution of matter....Pages 317-320
The theory of everything vs the theory of anything....Pages 321-332
Baryogenesis in brief....Pages 333-342
The complex scalar field, instantons and inflationary universes....Pages 343-352
Cosmoparticle physics of family symmetry breaking....Pages 353-362
Recent progress in inflationary cosmology....Pages 363-372
Black holes, wormholes, and time machines....Pages 373-378
Concluding Remarks....Pages 379-384