Early evolution of the universe and its present structure : symposium no. 104 held in Kolymbari, Crete, August 30 - September 2, 1982

Since the last International Astronomical Union Symposium that dealt with matters cosmological, there have been dramatic advances, both on the observational and theoretical fronts. Modern high-efficiency detectors have made possible extensive magnitude-limited redshift surveys, which have permitted observational cosmologists to construct three-dimensional maps of large regions of space. What seems to emerge is a distribution of matter in extensive, flat, but probably filamentary, and possibly interconnected, superclusters, serving as interstices between vast voids in space. Meanwhile, theoretical ideas that were highly speculative a few years ago have begun to be taken seriously as possibly describing conditions in the very early universe. And brand new ideas, such as that of the inflationary universe, hold promise of solving outstanding observational, theoretical, and philosophical problems in cosmology. A new look at grand unified theories and concepts of supersymmetry have brought observational and theoretical cosmologists to a common meeting ground with modern particle physicists. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Keynote: Structure of the Universe....Pages 1-6 X-Ray Sources of Cosmological Relevance....Pages 7-18 The e + -e - Annihilation Line and The Cosmic X-Ray Background....Pages 19-22 QSO Surveys and Quasar Evolution....Pages 23-29 Automated Quasar Detection....Pages 31-31 The Asiago Catalogue of Quasi Stellar Objects....Pages 33-33 The Quasar Redshift Limit....Pages 35-38 Energy Distribution and Variability of BL LAC Objects. The Cases of PKS 2155–304 and 3C 66A....Pages 39-40 Long-Term Variability of Quasi-Stellar Objects, and their Distribution in the Hubble Diagram....Pages 41-41 Radio-Source Evolution and the Redshift Cut-Off....Pages 43-45 A Model for the Cosmological Evolution of Radio Sources....Pages 47-48 Quasar Galaxies: Two-Dimensional Image Deconvolutions....Pages 49-50 QSO Luminosities at λ 1 MM....Pages 51-54 QSO Redshift Limit and Periodicity in a Fib Universe....Pages 55-55 Unbiased Searches for Quasars Beyond a Redshift of 3.5....Pages 57-64 The Problem of the Redshifts....Pages 65-71 The Evolution of the Radio Galaxy Population as Determined from Deep Radio-Optical Surveys....Pages 73-79 A 6-CM Deep Sky Survey....Pages 81-81 Near Infrared Photometry of Faint Radio Galaxies....Pages 83-84 Near Infrared and Radio Observations of Distant Galaxies....Pages 85-86 Studies of Faint Field Galaxies....Pages 87-91 JF Photometry of Fourteen Distant Rich Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 93-93 Color Distribution of Faint Galaxies and Quasi-Stellar Objects....Pages 95-99 Spectroscopy of Distant Galaxies in Clusters....Pages 101-103 A Redshift Survey of Very Faint (B ≤ 22.5) Field Galaxies, Radio Sources, and Quasars....Pages 105-106 Spectral Energy Distributions of Galaxies in Moderate Redshift Clusters....Pages 107-107 Distortion of the Microwave Background by Dust from Population III....Pages 109-112 Was the Big Bang Hot?....Pages 113-118 On Population III Star Formation....Pages 119-120 Search for Small Scale Anisotropy of the 3K Emission of the Universe....Pages 121-124 New Limits to the Small Scale Fluctuations in the Cosmic Background Radiation....Pages 125-126 10 to 60 Arcmin Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background....Pages 127-129 Deep Radio Source Counts and Small Scale Fluctuations of the Microwave Background Radiation....Pages 131-133 Measurement of the 3 K Cosmic Background Noise in the Far Infrared....Pages 135-138 On the Large-Scale Anisotropy of the Cosmic Background Radiation in the Far Infrared....Pages 139-141 Large-Scale Anisotropy at Centimeter Wavelengths....Pages 143-148 Large-Scale Anisotropy of the Cosmic Relic Radiation in Spatially Open Cosmological Models....Pages 149-152 Comments and Summary on the Cosmic Background Radiation....Pages 153-158 Redshifts and Large Scale Structures....Pages 159-165 The Center for Astrophysics Redshift Survey....Pages 167-173 The Anglo-Australian Redshift Survey....Pages 175-175 Catalogue of Radial Velocities of Galaxies....Pages 177-177 The Southern Cluster Survey....Pages 179-184 Catalogue of Clusters that are Members of Superclusters....Pages 185-186 Characteristic Size of Superclusters....Pages 187-187 Quasars and Superclusters....Pages 189-194 Further Investigations on Possible Correlations between QSOs and the Lick Catalogue of Galaxies....Pages 195-195 Survey of the Bootes Void....Pages 197-201 On the Origin of the Voids....Pages 203-206 Properties of Galaxies in Low Density Regions....Pages 207-209 Dynamics of Voids and Clusters and Fluctuations in the Cosmic Background Radiation....Pages 211-216 Condensations and Cavities....Pages 217-217 Correlation Functions, Microwave Background, and Pancakes....Pages 219-221 A Photometric and Morphological Investigation of Very Remote Clusters....Pages 223-225 Supernovae as a Cosmological Tool....Pages 227-229 Substructure in Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 231-233 Filaments....Pages 235-237 Morphology of the Local Supercluster....Pages 239-240 The Kinematics of the Local Supercluster....Pages 241-247 Superclusters as Nondissipative Pancakes....Pages 249-254 The Motion of the Local Group of Galaxies with Respect to the Background of Galaxies....Pages 255-258 Infall of Galaxies into the Virgo Cluster....Pages 259-260 Diameters of HI Disks in Virgo Cluster — And Field Galaxies....Pages 261-261 Evidence of Intrinsic Correlation between the Luminosity and the Velocity Dispersion in Galaxy Groups....Pages 263-264 Structure of Neighboring Superclusters: A Quantitative Analysis....Pages 265-271 The Perseus Supercluster....Pages 273-280 The Ursa Major Supercluster....Pages 281-283 Dynamics of Some Remote Superclusters....Pages 285-290 A2197 + A2199 Supercluster Region....Pages 291-292 The Indus Supercluster....Pages 293-293 The Southwest Extension of the Perseus Supercluster....Pages 295-295 The Horologium Supercluster....Pages 297-298 Unseen Mass....Pages 299-305 Neutrino Mass and Galaxy Formation....Pages 307-312 Massive Neutrinos and Ultraviolet Astronomy....Pages 313-320 What does the Dynamical Analsis of Clusters of Galaxies Tell Us about Massive Neutrinos?....Pages 321-323 Multimass Models for Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 325-325 Perturbations in the Universe with Massive “...Inos”....Pages 327-329 Black Holes and the Fate of a Closed Universe....Pages 331-331 The [ An ]Isotropy of the X-Ray Sky....Pages 333-343 Hot Accretion Disks and the High Energy Background....Pages 345-346 X-Ray Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 347-347 QSO Absorption Lines....Pages 349-357 Absorption Structure in the BL Lac Object 0215+015 at 20 km s -1 Resolution....Pages 359-364 High-Redshift Molecular Clouds and Absorption-Line Spectra of Quasars....Pages 365-366 The Statistic Study of Lα Absorption Lines....Pages 367-367 Absorption-Line Spectroscopy of Close Pairs of QSOs....Pages 369-370 Evolutionary Effect in Quasars as a Consequence of Galaxy Formation Process....Pages 371-373 Are QSOs Gravitationally Lensed?....Pages 375-378 Can All Quasars be Gravitationally Lensed Sy’s Nuclei ?....Pages 379-380 Statistical Analysis of Optically Variable QSOs and Bright Galaxies: A Hint for Gravitational Lenses?....Pages 381-382 Nature of ‘Unseen’ Galactic Envelopes....Pages 383-385 The Theory of Large-Scale Structure of the Universe: Local Properties and Global Topology....Pages 387-391 Self-Similar Gravitational Clustering....Pages 393-400 Monte-Carlo Simulations of the Distribution of Faint Galaxies....Pages 401-404 Neighboring Superclusters and their Environs....Pages 405-409 Numerical Experiments on Galaxy Clustering....Pages 411-416 Relativistic Stellar Dynamics....Pages 417-423 Spherical and Toroidal Local Black Holes....Pages 425-430 Possible Contraction of the Members of the Binary Pulsar PSR 1913+16 and its Astrophysical Consequences....Pages 431-436 Observational Tests of Baryon Symmetric Cosmology....Pages 437-445 Particle Phase Transitions can Prevent an Initial Cosmological Singularity....Pages 447-451 Acceleration and Dissolution of Stars in the Antibang....Pages 453-455 Inflationary Universe, Primordial Sound Waves and Galaxy Formation....Pages 457-462 Phase Transitions of Cosmological Vacuum and Primordial Black Holes....Pages 463-468 Unified Gauge Theories and Galaxy Formation....Pages 469-471 Physics of the Bi-Partition of the Universe....Pages 473-474 Causal Structure of the Early Universe....Pages 475-481 R 2 Gravity and the Structure of the Universe....Pages 483-484 The Strong Equivalence Principle and its Violation....Pages 485-492 The Role of Particle Physics in Cosmology and Galactic Astronomy....Pages 493-506 Back Matter....Pages 507-536