Thinking, observing and mining the universe : proceedings of the international conference : Sorrento, Italy, 22-27 September 2003 / / edited by Gennaro Miele, Giuseppe Longo

• Pubblicazione: [Hackensack] New Jersey ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 523.1
• Soggetto topico: Inflationary universe; Cosmology; Astronomy; Univers inflatoire; Astronomie
• Soggetto geografico: Univers Congres
• Altri autori: MieleGennaro LongoG (Giuseppe)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents ; Foreword ; Invited and Oral Presentations ; Planck-Scale Structure of Spacetime and Some Implications for Astrophysics and Cosmology ; On the Way to the Determination of the Cosmic Ray Mass Composition by the Pierre Auger Fluorescence Detector: The Minimum Momentum Method ; Direct Search for Wimps Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays ; Hamiltonian Gravity with Variable G A from the Renormalization Group ; The Axion as a Curvaton in String Cosmology Models ; Structure and Evolution of Cluster Galaxies ; Microlensing Towards M31: Candidates and Perspectives ; Scalar Perturbations in a-Regularised Pre-Big Bang Models Cosmological Density of Dark Compact Objects from Observations of Lensed QSOS ; Status of Ligo Interferometers ; Peculiar Velocities Field and the Matter Density of the Universe in Scalar Field Quintessence Models ; Impact of Foregrounds on Cosmic Microwave Background Maps Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos ; The Cosmic Renaissance: Reionization Era as the New Cosmological Frontier ; The Energy-Momentum Tensor of Quantum Fluctuations in Chaotic o2 Inflation ; Neutrino Oscillations: A Phenomenological Approach Late-Time Effects of Planck-Scale Cosmology: Dilatonic Interpretation of the Dark Energy Field ; Prospects for Exavolt Neutrino Astronomy ; High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy ; Neutrino Cosmology - An Update ; Microlensing Towards the LMC ; Present and Future Neutrino Oscillation Experiments
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a collection of review articles and more specialized papers on the main issues of early universe physics. Both theoretical and experimental fields of research are dealt with. <br><i>Contents:</i><ul><li>Direct Search for Wimps <i>(R Bernabei et al.)</i></li><li>Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays <i>(P Blasi)</i></li><li>Structure and Evolution of Cluster Galaxies <i>(G Busarello et al.)</i></li><li>Status of Ligo Interferometers <i>(E D'Ambrosio)</i></li><li>The Cosmic Renaissance: Reionization Era as the New Cosmological Frontier <i>(S G Djorgovski)</i></li><li>High-Energy Neutrino Astron
• Titolo autorizzato: Thinking, observing and mining the universe
• ISBN: 1-281-89900-3; 9786611899004; 981-270-299-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809091003321
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