Frontiers of Fundamental Physics Proceedings of the Sixth Internatio
The Sixth International Symposium "Frontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics", Udine, Italy, 26-29 September 2004, aimed at providing a platform for a wide range of physicists to meet and share thoughts on the latest trends in various, mainly cro
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Frontiers of Fundamental Physics Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium “Frontiers of Fundamental and Computational Physics ”, Udine, Italy, 26--29 September 2004
Edited by
B.G. SIDHARTH B.M. Birla Science Centre, Adarsh Nagar, Hyderabad, India
F. HONSELL University of Udine, Italy and
A. DE ANGELIS University of Udine, Italy
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
xi
I
1
Field Theory, Relativity and Cosmology
Cosmological Theories of Special and General Relativity - I
3
M. Carmeli Cosmological Theories of Special and General Relativity - II
13
M. Carmeli Carmeli’s Cosmology: the Universe is Spatially Flat Without Dark Matter
21
J.G. Hartnett Black Holes and the Information Paradox
29
G. t’ Hooft A Quantum Approach to Cosmology
31
A. Alfonso-Faus My Focus on the Quantum Source of Gravity
37
S.G. Goradia Vacuum Decay by p-branes Production
45
L. Sindoni, S. Ansoldi Super-strong Interacting Gravitons as a Main Engine of the Universe Without Expansion or Dark Energy
51
M.A. Ivanov Generalized Cosmological Constraints on Neutrino Oscillations Relaxed or Strengthened D.P. Kirilova
55
Attractions of Affine Quantum Gravity
61
J.R. Klauder
vi
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Gravitational Tunnelling of Relativistic Shells S. Ansoldi, L. Sindoni Three-dimensional Relativistic Simulations of Rotating Neutron-star Collapse to a Kerr Black Hole.
69
75
L. Baiotti, I. Hawke, P.J. Montero, F. L¨ offler, L. Rezzolla, Ni. Stergioulas, J.A. Font, E. Seidel Gravitational Wave Sources V. Ferrari
83
Model Analysis of Gravitational Shell Collapses M. Seriu
93
The Deuteron and the Big Bang M. Mizushima
103
Astrophysical Applications of the Theory of Scale Relativity
107
L. Nottale Making Maps of the Rees-Sciama Effect M.J. Fullana, D.P. S´ aez
115
Stationary Points of Scalar Fields Coupled to Gravity
123
H. Kr¨ oger, G. Melkonyan, F. Paradis, S.G. Rubin The Density Matrix Deformation in Quantum and Statistical Mechanics of the Early Universe
131
A.E. Shalyt-Margolin, V.I. Strazhev
II
Foundations of Physics
135
Dark Energy, Chaotic Fields, and Fundamental Constants C. Beck
137
How Fundamental is Gravitation?
147
B.G. Sidharth Scale-dependent Stochastic Quantization M. Altaisky
155
Principia Geometrica Phys
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