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This book represents the proceedings from the NATO sponsored
Advanced Research Workshop entitled "Observational Tests of
Inflation" held at the University of Durham, England on the
10th-14th December, 1990. In recent years, the cosmological
inflation model has drawn together the worlds of particle physics,
theoretical cosmology and observational astronomy. The aim of the
workshop was to bring together experts in all of these fields to
discuss the current status of the inflation theory and its
observational predictions. The simplest inflation model makes clear
predictions which are testable by astronomical observation.
Foremost is the prediction that the cosmological density parameter,
no, should have a value negligibly different from the critical,
Einstein-de Sitter value of 00=1. The other main prediction is that
the spectrum of primordial density fluctuations should be Gaussian
and take the Harrison-Zeldovich form. The prediction that n =l, in
patticular, leads to several important consequences o for
cosmology. Firstly, there is the apparent contradiction with the
limits on baryon density from Big Bang nucleosynthesis which has
led to the common conjecture that weakly interacting particles
rather than baryons may form the dominant mass constituent of the
Universe. Secondly, with n =l, the age of the Universe is
uncomfortably short if o the Hubble constant and the ages of the
oldest star clusters lie within their currently believed limits.
When my colleague Dr. Paul Kent asked me which branch of Physics
was most lively and which would lend itself best to a small high
quality Symposium, I had no hesitation in answering 'Cosmology'. It
seemed very timely that a meeting should take place which would
bring together scientists interested in all branches of Astronomy,
including Cosmic Rays, and Elementary Particles too and endeavour
to put at least some of the pieces of the jigsaw together. The vast
majority of the papers presented were later produced ~n appropriate
camera-ready form and are published in this volume. I am very
grateful to the authors for their ready cooperation. Grateful
thanks are also extended to the Board of Management of the
Foster-Wills and Theodor Heuss Scholarships, Oxford University and
the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic
Exchange Service) who funded the Symposium. The Director of the
German Academic Exchange Service, Frau M.E. Schmitz and her
colleague Mrs. Susan Putt, organized the whole meeting in a most
exemplary fashion. Finally, on behalf of all participants and
guests, s~ncere thanks are offered to Paul Kent as Convenor for
initiating the Symposium, arranging the social events and
organizing accommodation in such magnificent surroundings. Christ
Church was the horne of Lewis Carrol and we were ever mindful - and
appropriately so - of Alice. A. W. Wolfendale Durham, February
10th, 1982 vii A. W. Wolfendale (ed.), Progress in Cosmology, vii.
Solar and geomagnetic variability are of considerable interest for
scientists of many different persuasions and indeed one has the
distinct impression that for the sun at least, there is direct
relevance for mankind in general as the interrelation between solar
and terrestrial phenomena is starting to be appreciated. From the
vast time scale of interest in the variability field, attention was
confined to the last 10,000 years in a NATO Advanced Research
Workshop held from April 6 - 10, 1987 in Durham, England, and the
present publication comprises the lectures given there. Such a
Workshop was very timely in view of the impressive new data
available from 14C analysis in dated tree rings and lOBe in polar
ice cores, from natural palaeomagnetic records in lacustrine
sediments and from archaeomagnetic material. Also to be mentioned
are new studies of historical accounts of naked-eye sunspots and
aurorae. All the data have contributed to improvements in under
standing the relative variations of solar properties, the
geomagnetic field and climate and it is hoped that this volume will
convey the flavour of these advances in knowledge. A feature of the
Workshop was the lively discussions which followed so many of the
papers. There were several instances of healthy disagreement and
this is reflected in the opposing views presented inanumber of the
papers published here."
This book represents the proceedings from the NATO sponsored
Advanced Research Workshop entitled "Observational Tests of
Inflation" held at the University of Durham, England on the
10th-14th December, 1990. In recent years, the cosmological
inflation model has drawn together the worlds of particle physics,
theoretical cosmology and observational astronomy. The aim of the
workshop was to bring together experts in all of these fields to
discuss the current status of the inflation theory and its
observational predictions. The simplest inflation model makes clear
predictions which are testable by astronomical observation.
Foremost is the prediction that the cosmological density parameter,
no, should have a value negligibly different from the critical,
Einstein-de Sitter value of 00=1. The other main prediction is that
the spectrum of primordial density fluctuations should be Gaussian
and take the Harrison-Zeldovich form. The prediction that n =l, in
patticular, leads to several important consequences o for
cosmology. Firstly, there is the apparent contradiction with the
limits on baryon density from Big Bang nucleosynthesis which has
led to the common conjecture that weakly interacting particles
rather than baryons may form the dominant mass constituent of the
Universe. Secondly, with n =l, the age of the Universe is
uncomfortably short if o the Hubble constant and the ages of the
oldest star clusters lie within their currently believed limits.
Solar and geomagnetic variability are of considerable interest for
scientists of many different persuasions and indeed one has the
distinct impression that for the sun at least, there is direct
relevance for mankind in general as the interrelation between solar
and terrestrial phenomena is starting to be appreciated. From the
vast time scale of interest in the variability field, attention was
confined to the last 10,000 years in a NATO Advanced Research
Workshop held from April 6 - 10, 1987 in Durham, England, and the
present publication comprises the lectures given there. Such a
Workshop was very timely in view of the impressive new data
available from 14C analysis in dated tree rings and lOBe in polar
ice cores, from natural palaeomagnetic records in lacustrine
sediments and from archaeomagnetic material. Also to be mentioned
are new studies of historical accounts of naked-eye sunspots and
aurorae. All the data have contributed to improvements in under
standing the relative variations of solar properties, the
geomagnetic field and climate and it is hoped that this volume will
convey the flavour of these advances in knowledge. A feature of the
Workshop was the lively discussions which followed so many of the
papers. There were several instances of healthy disagreement and
this is reflected in the opposing views presented inanumber of the
papers published here."
The cosmic radiation was discovered by Hess in 1912 but its origin
is still the subject of much controversy and considerable study.
For several decades most workers in the cosmic ray field were
interested in the Nuclear Physical aspect of the particle beam and
many important dis coveries were made, notably the identification
of the positron, the muon, the pion and the strange particles. More
recently however, em phasis has changed to the Astrophysical aspect
both with re8ard to the origin of the radiation and to its relation
with the other radiation fields. Mindful of the increasing
importance of the Astrophysical facets of the subject the Cosmic
Ray Commission of IUPAP approached the High Energy Astrophysics
Commission of the IAU with the suggestion of a joint Symposium on
Cosmic Ray Origin. The plan was to bring together workers in all
the various astronomical fields - from Radio, through Optical to
Gamma Rays - with Cosmic Ray physicists and to fully explore the
various interrelations. The approach was received with enthusiasm
and this book contains the proceedings of the ensuing Symposium,
(styled IUPAP/ IAU Symposium No. 94) which was held in Bologna from
11th - 14th June 1980. Virtually all the papers presented are
reproduced here. The Scientific Organizing Committee chose the
invited speakers whose papers formed the major scientific component
of the meeting. Additional short contributed papers were also
called for and very brief 2-page resumes (which have not been
refereed) are given in the proceedings."
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