Current Topics in Astrofundamental Physics

Preface. I: The Early Universe. Covariant Analysis of Dynamics and of CBR Anisotropy; G.F.R. Ellis, P.K.S. Dunsby. Recent Progress in String Cosmology; N. Sanchez. Reheating in Inflationary Cosmology; A. Linde. Out of Equilibrium Fields in Inflationary Dynamics. Density Fluctuations; D. Boyanovsky, et al. Kinetic Theory of Hot Gauge Theories: Overview, Details & Extensions; R.D. Pisarski. Electroweak Phase Transition in the Early Universe? B. Bergerhoff, C. Wetterich. Limits on Cosmological Magnetic Fields and Other Anisotropic Stresses; J.D. Barrow. Varying G and Other Constants; J.D. Barrow. II: Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Science; G.F. Smoot. The Cosmic Microwave Background; A.N. Lasenby, A.W. Jones. Spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background: Results and Prospects; A. Kogut. Large-Scale Anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background; A. Kogut. Recent Developments in the Calculation of CMB Anisotropies; A.D. Challinor, A.N. Lasenby. 'Dark Ages' of the Universe; Y. Parijskij, et al. III: Large Scale Structure, Dark Matter. Status of Cosmological Parameters; J.R. Primack. The Direct Detection of Dark Matter; B. Sadoulet. Signatures of Quantum Gravity in the Large-Scale Universe; L.P. Grishchuk. Tidal Interaction of a Star with a Supermassive Black Hole; I.D. Novikov. IV: Fractals and Scaling Laws in Astrophysics and Cosmology. Correlations Associated with Critical Phenomena; H.E. Stanley. Fractality, Lacunarity, and the Near-Isotropic Distribution of Galaxies; B.B. Mandelbrot. Correlation Properties of the Large Scale Matter Distribution and Galaxy Number Counts; L. Pietronero, et al. Fractal Dimensions and Scaling Laws in the Interstellar Medium and Galaxy Distributions: A New Field Theory Approach; H.J. de Vega, et al. V: Neutrinos in Astrophysics. Neutrino Cosmology; A.D. Dolgov. Solar and Supernova Constraints on Cosmologically Interesting Neutrinos; W.C. Haxton. Photographs of the Institute. Author Index.