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Matter in the Universe

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Ph. Jetzer

    1. institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH und Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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  2. K. Pretzl

    1. Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Universität Bern, Switzerland

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  3. R. Steiger

    1. International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI (SSSI, volume 14)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. CMB and Large-Scale Geometry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Physics of Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies and Primordial Fluctuations

      • Ruth Durrer
      Pages 3-14

    3. Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Observations

      • R. Rebolo
      Pages 15-28

    4. Weak and Strong Lensing Statistics

      • N. Straumann
      Pages 29-38

  3. Large-Scale Structure and Clusters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxy Formation

      • Joseph Silk
      Pages 41-47

    3. Galaxy Clusters as Probes for Matter in the Universe

      • Hans Böhringer
      Pages 49-60

    4. The Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect: Recent Work

      • Y. Rephaeli
      Pages 61-72

    5. Dark Matter from Weak Gravitational Lensing

      • Y. Mellier
      Pages 73-87

    6. Baryons in the Diffuse Intergalactic Medium

      • D. Reimers
      Pages 89-99

  4. Galaxies and Components of Galaxies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. The Galactic Halo from Microlensing

      • Alain Milsztajn
      Pages 103-115

    3. Clouds and Diffuse Baryonic Dark Matter

      • Ph. Jetzer
      Pages 117-127

    4. Mass Distribution in Our Galaxy

      • Ortwin Gerhard
      Pages 129-138

  5. Candidates for Dark Matter

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Quantum Field Theoretic Description of Matter in the Universe

      • M. H. Thoma
      Pages 141-151

    3. Axions

      • Georg Raffelt
      Pages 153-158

    4. Supersymmetric Relics

      • John Ellis
      Pages 159-173

    5. Dark Quark ‘Stars’: Do They Matter for ΩMatter?

      • Sonja Kabana, Peter Minkowski
      Pages 175-192
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About this book

This volume, the fourteenth in the Space Sciences Series of ISS/, is dedicated to the matter in the universe, which was the topic of a workshop organized by ISSI from 19 to 22 March 2001 in Bern. The aim of the meeting was to gather ac­ tive researchers from various fields (cosmology, astrophysics, nuclear and particle physics as well as space science) to asses the exciting new developments in the search for abundant and yet unknown forms of matter in the universe. Due to the importance of the field and the rapid developments which are taking place ISSI decided to organize a workshop on matter in the universe and invited nine convenors, John Ellis, Johannes Geiss, Philippe Jetzer, Heinrich Leutwyler, Klaus Pretzl, Rafael Rebolo, Norbert Straumann, Gustav Andreas Tammann and Rudolf von Steiger, who formulated the aims and goals of the meeting. The work­ shop was organized such as to have only plenary sessions with typically half­ hour presentations and ample time for discussions. The last day was devoted to conclusions and future objectives. The knowledge of the amount and nature of matter present in the universe is undoubtedly one of the most relevant topics oftoday's astrophysics and cosmology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • institut für Theoretische Physik, ETH und Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Ph. Jetzer

  • Laboratory of High Energy Physics, Universität Bern, Switzerland

    K. Pretzl

  • International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

    R. Steiger

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