Antonino Zichichi

String gravity and physics at the Planck energy scale

The String Equation and Solitons S.P. Novikov. Lectures on String Theory in Curved Spacetimes H.J. de Vega, N. Sanchez. Strings and Multi-Strings in Black Hole and Cosmological Spacetimes A.L. Larsen, N. Sanchez. Renormalization Constants from String Theory P. di Vecchia, et al. Closed Superstrings in Magnetic Field: Instabilities and Supersymmetry Breaking A.A. Tseytlin. Solution of the SL(2,R) String in Curved Spacetime I. Bars. Internal Physics of Black Holes: Recent Developments W. Israel. Black Hole Entropy and Physics at Planckian Scales V. Frolov. Black Hole Condensation and Duality in String Theory A. Strominger. Correlation Dynamics of Quantum Fields and Black Hole Information Paradox B.L. Hu. Topology and Time Reversal A. Chamblin, G.W. Gibbons. Polymer Geometry at Planck Scale and Quantum Einstein Equations A. Ashtekar. Modular Cosmology T. Banks. Status of String Cosmology: Basic Concepts and Main Consequences G. Veneziano. Status of String Cosmology: Phenomenological Aspects M. Gasperini. Predictions from Quantum Cosmology A. Vilenkin. Statistics of the Microwave Background Anisotropies Caused by Cosmological Perturbations of Quantum-Mechanical Origin L.P. Grishchuk. Cosmological Inflation and the Nature of Time D.S. Salopek. Aspects of Quantum Cosmology D.N. Page. New Aspects of Reheating D. Boyanovsky, et al. The Electroweak Phase Transition: A Status Report L.G. Yaffe. Aspects of Cosmic-Ray Astrophysics in the Galaxy and Beyond M.M. Shapiro. Quantum Field Theory for Dynamical Systems with Curved Phase Space E.S. Fradkin.

Current topics in astrofundamental physics : the early universe

Thirty years of NATO in Erice. I: The Early Universe. The covariant and gauge invariant approach to perturbations in cosmology G.F.R. Ellis. Lectures on inflationary cosmology A. Linde. Back reactions of strings in self consistent string theory H.J. de Vega, N. Sanchez. Topological defects in cosmology E.P.S. Shellard. Cosmological inflation, microwave background anisotropies and large scale structure of the universe D.S. Salopek. II: Cosmic Microwave Background. The big bang and the infrared sky as seen by COBE J.C. Mather. Spectrum of the cosmic microwave background: Results and prospects A. Kogut. Cosmic microwave background anisotropy spectrum from primordial density perturbations G.F. Smoot. Cosmic microwave background anisotropy at large angular scales/ COBE DMR results G.F. Smoot. COBE / DMR: Testing the initial conditions A. Kogut. Detection of primary and secondary anisotropies in the CMB A. Lasenby, S. Hancock. Small-scale fluctuations in the microwave sky: CBR fluctuations on sub-arcminute scales and sources of foreground noise R.B. Partridge. Results and plans of CMB anisotropy observations (COBE, DMR, MAX and COBRAS) G.F. Smoot. III: Large Scale Structure. Dark matter and the value of C.S. Frenk. Dark matter and Sakharov oscillations I.D. Novikov. Two lectures on the observational determination of the Hubble expansion rate A. Sandage, G.A. Tammann.