Preface

50th Anniversary of the Founding of Nato

Dedication of the 7th Course to Ya. B. Zeldovich

80th Anniversary of Professor I.M. Khalatnikov

I. THE EARLY UNIVERSE

Phase Transitions in the Early Universe

M. Shaposhnikov

Elements of Baryogenesis

W. Buchmuller

S. Fredenhagen

Out of Equilibrium Fields in Selfconsistent Inflationary Dynamics. Density Fluctuations

D. Boyanovsky

H.J. De Vega

Minimal String Driven Cosmology and its Predictions

M.P. Infante

N. Sanchez

New Dual Relations Between Quantum Field Theory and String Regimes in Curved Backgrounds

M. Ramon Medrano

N. Sanchez

Detectability of Relic Squeezed Gravitational Waves by Laser Interferometers

L.P. Grishchuk

Gravitational Field and Its Energy-Momentum Tensor

L.P. Grishchuk

S.V. Babak

II. COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION

Observations and Theory of The Cosmic Microwave Background

A.N. Lasenby

The 1+3 Covariant Approach to CMB Anisotropies. Erice lectures 1999

G.F.R. Ellis

P.K.S. Dunsby

Some Problems of the CMB Polarization

P. Naselsky

D.I. Novikov

I.D. Novikov

The High Redshift Radio Universe

Yu N. Parijskij

III. LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE, DARK MATTER

In Search of the Early Universe. I. The Oldest Stars

P.W. Hodge

In Search of the Early Universe. II. The Youngest Galaxies

P.W. Hodge

Clusters of Galaxies and the Large Scale Structure

G. Chincarini

Structure Formation of Galaxy Clusters and Beyond

Li-Zhi Fang

Warm Dark Matter. Clues to Primordial Phase Density from the Structure of Galaxy Halos

C.J. Hogan

Dark Matter as Determined from Energetic Particles

P.L. Biermann

IV. FRACTALS AND SCALING LAWS IN ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

Fractal Lacunarity and Scenarios for the Near-Isotropic Distribution of Galaxies

B.B. Mandelbrot

Fractal Structures and the Large Scale Distribution of Galaxies

L. Pietronero

F. Sylos Labini

The Cosmological Many-Body Problem and Some of its Observational Implications

W.C. Saslaw

The Statistical Mechanics of the Self-Gravitating Gas: Equation of State and Fractal Dimension

H.J. De Vega

N.S. Anchez

Renormalization Group Flow and Fragmentation in the Self-Gravitating Thermal Gas

B. Semelin

H.J. De Vega

N.S Anchez

F. Combes

V. HIGH ENERGY AND NEUTRINO ASTROPHYSICS

Bepposax: 3 Years of Operation. Highlights and Significant Results

L. Scarsi

The Extreme Energy Cosmic Rays and Cosmic Neutrinos as Probes for the Distant Universe. Astrophysics Involved and Experimental Approach

L. Scarsi

Origin and Physics of the Highest Energy Particles in the Universe

P.L. Biermann

E.-J. Ahn

G. Medina-Tanco

T. Stanev

The Gamma-Ray Bursts and the SWIFT Mission

G. Chincarini

D. Lazzati

Neutrino Oscillations and Cosmology

A. D. Dolagov

High Energy Neutrino Astronomy: Towards Kilometer-Scale Detectors

F. Halzen

Accretion of Gas onto Black Holes

I.V. Artemova

G.S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan

I.D. Novikov

Mass Extinctions of Species - Were Dinosours Killed by an Asteroid or Volcanoes?

D. R.O. Morrison

Opening the Third Millennium

Photographs of the Institute

Author Index