PARTB

THE EIGHTH

MARCEL GROSSMANN MEETING

On Recent Developments in Theoretical and ExperimentalGeneral Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories

Proceedings of the Meeting held at

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

22-27 June 1997

Editor

Tsvi PiranThe Racah Institute for Physics

The Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem 91904 Israel

Series Editor

Remo RuffiniInternational Center for Relativistic Astrophysics

University of Rome "La Sapienza"Rome 00185 Italy

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Metric Fluctuations in Semiclassical GravityR. Martin, E. Verdaguer 824

Energy-Momentum Tensor and Particle Creation in the De Sitter UniverseCarmen Molina-Pari's 827

Scalar Perturbations in Open Semiclassical FLRW UniverseG. SlEMIENIEC-OZIEBiO, A. WOSCZYNA 830

Classical Backgrounds with Vanishing Effective LagrangiansL. Sriramkumar, T. Padmanabhan, R. Mukund 833

An Approach to Quantum Statistical Mechanics on Robertson-Walker

Space-TimesM. Trucks 836

Spinning Particles on Curved Spaces and Constants of MotionM. Visinescu 839

Gravitational Vacuum Polarization

Matt Visser 842

PARTB

Time in Quantum GravityChairperson: G. Horwitz

Thermodynamics for Gravitating Systems is DifferentG. Horwitz 846

The Evolution Operator for Quantum Gravity: Signature Change in

MinisuperspaceA. Carlini, H. Ishihara, K. Nakamura, T. Okamura 862

Kolmogorov's Algorithmic Complexity and its Probability Interpretation in

Quantum GravityV.D. Dzhunushaliev 865

Covariant Introduction of the Planck Length in the Path Integral Formulationof Field TheoryAlessandro Massarotti, Alak Chakravorty 868

Quantum Reference Frames and Quantum Space-Time

S.N. Mayburov 871

Time in Quantum Gravity

C. Rovelli 874

Time, Gauge, and the Superposition Principle in Quantum GravitySteven Weinstein 875

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Continuous Consistent Histories and the Tunneling Time Problem

N. Yamada 878

Canonical Quantum Gravity

Chairperson: Hideo Kodama

Canonical Quantum Gravity Session: Summary ReportHideo Kodama 882

The Equivalence Between the Connection and the Loop Representation of

Quantum GravityR. De Pietri 892

On Generalized Dynamics of Bianchi IX CosmologyS. Gogilidze, A. Khvedelidze, D. Mladenov, V. Pervushin 895

Canonical Structure of Locally Homogeneous Systems on Compact 3-manifoldsHideo Kodama 898

CP-Symmetry in Chiral GravityEckehard W. Mielke, Alfredo Macias, Ytjval Ne'eman 901

Problems of Minisuperspace Canonical QuantizationA.A. Minzoni, Marcos Rosenbaum, Michael P. Ryan, Jr 904

Constants of the Motion and the Quantum Modular Group in

(2+l)-Dimensional GravityV. Moncrief, J.E. Nelson 907

From Reissner-Nordstrom Quantum States to Charged Black Holes Mass

Evaporation

P.V. Moniz 911

The Role of Dilations in Diffeomorphism Covariant Algebraic Quantum Field

TheoryM. Rainer 914

Loop Quantum GravityC. Rovelli 917

Eisenhart's Principle — on the Road to Desingularize Geodesic Motion in

MinisuperspaceMarek Szydlowski, Marek Beisiada 918

Hamiltonians for Compact Homogeneous UniversesMasayuki Tanimoto, Tatsuhiko Koike, Akio Hosoya 921

StringsChairperson: E. Rabinovici

Type I Vacua in the Web of String DualitiesMassimo Bianchi 925

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2D Induced Gravity from a WZNW SystemM. Blagojevic, D.S. Popovic, B. Sazdovic 928

Dirac Constraint Quantization of Matter-Coupled 2D Dilaton Gravity ModelsJ. Cruz, J.M. Izquierdo, D.J. Navarro, J. Navarro-Salas 931

Exact Path Integral Quantization of 2-D Dilaton GravityW. Kummer, H. Liebl, D.V. Vassilevich 936

Minimum Size from Strings and Quantum CosmologyJose M. Raya, Luis J. Garay, Pedro F. Gonzalez-Diaz, Guillermo A.Mena Marugan 939

The Casimir Effect

Chairperson: V. Mostepanko

Casimir Effect in Schwarzschild GeometryKarsten Bormann 943

The Casimiro Experiment: Dynamical Detection of Casimir Forces

G. Bressi, G. Carugno, A. Galvani, R. Onofrio, G. Ruoso 946

High Sensitivity Measurement of the Casimir Force and Observability of Finite

Temperature Effects

R. Cowsik, B.P. Das, N. Krishnan, G. Rajalakshmi, D. Suresh,C.S. Unnikrishnan 949

Pair of Accelerated Frames: A Perfect Interferometer

Ulrich H. Gerlach 952

Is Sonoluminescence Due to Dynamical Casimir Effect?C.S. Unnikrishnan 955

Black Hole Thermodynamics

Chairperson: T. Jacobson

Black Hole Thermodynamics Today

T. Jacobson 959

Constraints on the Geometries of Black Holes in Classical and Semiclassical

GravityPaul R. Anderson, Courtney D. Mull 968

Rindler Space EntropyJ.R. Arenas, J.M. Tejeiro 971

Black Holes of Constant Curvature

Maximo Banados 974

The 'Ups' and 'Downs' of a Spinning Black Hole

CM. Chambers, W.A. Hiscock, B.E. Taylor 977

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Thermodynamics of Nonsingular Spherically Symmetric Black Hole

I. Dymnikova 980

Black Hole Entropy and Entanglement ThermodynamicsHideo Kodama, Shinji Mukohyama, Masafumi Seriu 983

Euclidean Instantons and Hawking Radiation

S. Massar, R. Parentani 986

Toward the New Gravitational Noncommutative Mechanics and Statistical

Mechanics of Quantum Black Holes

P.O. Mazur 989

Loop Corrections for 2D Hawking Radiation

A. Mikovic, V. Radovanovi6 992

Black Hole Entropy from Loop Quantum GravityC. Rovelli 995

The Black Hole Entropy: A Spacetime Foam ApproachFabio Scardigli 996

Covariant Path Integrals and Black Holes

F. Vendrell, M.E. Ortiz 1002

Quantum CosmologyChairperson: A. Starobinski

Quantum Analysis of the Compactification Process in the Multidimensional

Einstein-Yang-Mills SystemO. Bertolami, P.D. Fonseca, P.V. Moniz 1006

Can Spontaneous Supersymmetry Breaking in a Quantum Universe Induce the

Emergence of Classical Spacetimes?O. Bertolami, P.V. Moniz 1009

The Old Frequency Decomposition Problem in the Light of New QuantizationMethods

Franz Embacher 1012

New Results in One-Loop Quantum CosmologyG. Esposito, A.Yu. Kamenshchik 1015

Complex Inflaton Field in Quantum CosmologyA.Yu. Kamenshchik, I.M. Khalatnikov, A.V. Toporensky 1018

Quantum Inhomogeneous Mixmaster Model and the Origin of the EarlyUniverse

A.A. KlRILLOV 1021

Supersymmetric Quantum Cosmology: The Lorentz ConstraintAlfredo Macias, Eckehard W. Mielke, Jose Socorro 1023

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Can We Obtain Conserved Currents in Supersymmetric Quantum Cosmology?P.V. Moniz 1026

Quantum Cosmology in Some Scalar-Tensor TheoriesL.O. Pimentel, C. Mora 1029

Gravitational Wave Detectors—Bars

Chairperson: G. Pizzella

Gravitational Wave Resonant Detectors: Status and PerspectivesG. Pizzella 1033

Operation of the Gravitational Wave Detector NAUTILUS

P. Astone et al 1039

Advances and Perspectives in Capacitive Transducers and Associated ReadoutM. Bassan, Y. Minenkov, V. Fafone, P. Bonifazi, M. Visco, P. Carelli,M,G. Castellano 1042

Transducer Development for the Allegro Detector

W.O. Hamilton, W.W. Johnson, E. Mauceli, M. McHugh, A. Morse .... 1045

Calibration and Filtering of Data from a Resonant Mass Gravitational WaveAntenna

I.S. Heng, M.E. Tobar, D.G. Blair, E.N. Ivanov 1048

Sapphire Dielectric Resonant-Mass Transducer for Gravitational Wave Detection

C.R. Locke, M.E. Tobar, E.N. Ivanov, D.G. Blair 1053

Gravitational Wave Detectors—Interferometers

Chairperson: Robert Spero

Gravitational Waves Detection by Phase Interference

Y. BEN-ARYEH 1057

Sapphire Test Masses and Nb Flexure Suspensions to Reduce the Thermal

Noise in Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Detectors

L. Ju, M. Taniwaki, D.G. Blair, F. Benabid, M. Notcutt 1060

Design of Suspension System for GEO 600

M.V. Plissi, K.A. Strain, N.A. Robertson, J. Hough, CI. Torrie,S. Rowan, S. Twyford, S. Killbourn 1063

Progress on Low-Frequency Active Vibration Isolation

S.J. Richman, J.A. Giaime, R.T. Stebbins, P.L. Bender, J.E. Faller 1066

Performance of Vibration Isolation System for TAMA300

R. Takahashi 1069

Ultra-Low Frequency Pre-Isolation

J. WlNTERFLOOD, D.G. BLAIR 1071

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The Development of an 8m Suspended Power Recycling Interferometer

C. Zhao, M. Notcutt, L. Ju, D. Blair 1074

Gravitational Wave Detectors—Sources

Chairperson: Luc Blanchet

Gravitational-Wave Sources

Luc Blanchet 1078

Space-Based Gravitational Wave Detectors and the Galactic White Dwarf

Binary BackgroundM. Benacquista 1086

On the Perturbation of Non-Rotating Compact Objects Excited by Massive

Sources

A. Borrelli, V. Ferrari, L. Gualtieri 1089

Calculating the Cosmic Background of Supernova-Generated Gravitational

Radiation

R.R. Burman, D.G. Blair, S.J. Woodings 1092

Searches of Inspiraling Compact Binaries with Interferometric Detectors

Serge Droz, Eric Poisson 1095

Radiation Backreaction in Spinning Binaries

Laszlo A, Gergely, Zoltan Perjes, Matyas Vasuth 1098

Cylindrical Collapse and the Gravitational Radiation from van Stockum

Space-Time Objects

Reuven Opher, Erella Opher 1101

Black Hole Perturbation Approach to Gravitational Radiation from InspirallingBinaries

Misao Sasaki 1104

Radiation Reaction in Free Fall from Perturbative Geodesic Equations in

Spherical CoordinatesAlessandro D.A.M. Spallicci 1107

Spinning Particle around Black Hole and Gravitational WaveShingo Suzuki, Kei-ichi Maeda 1111

Supernovae as a Strong Source of Gravitational RadiationA.F. Zakharov 1114

Gravitational Wave Detectors—Future

Chairperson: M. Fujimoto

Response of a Spaceborn Gravitational Wave Antenna to Solar OscillationsA.G. Polnarev, G. Giampieri, I.W. Roxburgh, S. Vorontsov,K. Martchenkov 1118

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Observing Coalescing Binaries with Space-Borne Laser InterferometricGravitational Wave Detectors: Angular Resolution and AstrophysicalParameter Measurements

A. Vecchio, C. Cutler 1121

General Relativity in Space

Chairperson: Kenneth Nordtvedt

General Relativity in Space

Kenneth Nordtvedt 1125

Development of the Gravity Probe B PayloadD. Bardas et al 1135

The Technology Heritage of the Relativity Mission, Gravity Probe B

Saps Buchman et al 1139

What Can LLR Provide to Relativity?J. Mullbr, M. Schneider, K. Nordtvedt, D. Vokrouhlicky 1151

A Robust Squid System for Space Use

B. Muhlfelder, J.M. Lockhart, M. Luo, T. McGinnis 1154

The Clock(s)-to-the-Sun Mission: A New Look

Kenneth Nordtvedt, Robert Vessot 1160

Testing for Preferred Inertial Frames with Laser Ranging

David Vokrouhlicky, Kenneth Nordtvedt 1163

Experimental Tests

Chairperson: CM. Will

Session on Experimental Tests

CM. Will 1167

SEE Project for Measuring the Gravitational Interaction Parameters

A.D. Alexeev, K.A. Bronnikov, N.I. Kolosnitsyn, M.Yu. Konstantinov,

V.N. Melnikov, Alvin J. Sanders 1171

A New Inverse Square Law Test

A. Arnsek, A. Cadez 1174

Influence of the Gravitational Field on the Beam Splitting Process in Atom

Interferometry

Ch.J. Borde, C. Lammerzahl 1178

The TIFR Equivalence Principle Experiment

R. Cowsik, N. Krishnan, C.S. Unnikrishnan1181

Local Reference Systems with PPN Parameters

S.A. Klioner, M. Soffel1184

Quantum Tests of Einstein's Equivalence PrincipleC Lammerzahl 1187

Techniques for a High-Precision Frame-Dragging Measurement Using an

Unsupported Gyroscope in a Drag-Free SatelliteBenjamin Lange 1190

Preparation for a Determination of G Using a Cryogenic Torsion Pendulum

R.D. Newman, M.K. Bantel 1191

A New Experiment to Measure G by Means of a Beam BalanceF. NOLTING, J. SCHURR, W. KUNDIG 1194

Search for Axions Using a Superconducting Differential Angular AccelerometerH.J. Paik, E.R. Canavan, M.V. Moody 1197

Determination of the Gravitational Constant G Using a Fabry-Perot PendulumResonator

A. SCHUMACHER, H. SCHUTT, H. WALESCH, H. MEYER 1200

Possibility of Observing the Gravitational Analogue of the Scalar

Aharanov-Bohm Effect in Atom Interferometers

C.S. Unnikrishnan 1203

Equivalence Principle in SpaceChairperson: Y. Jafry

Tests of the Equivalence Principle in SpaceY. JAFRY 1207

MiniSTEP SQUID Position Sensor DevelopmentO.H. Clavier, R.H. Torii, D.B. Debra 1213

The Using Two-Frequency Lasers in the Gravitational ExperimentsV.I. Denisov, N.V. Kravtsov, V.B. Pinchuk 1216

Test of the Weak Equivalence Principle in Stratospheric Free FallV. Iafolla, E.C. Lorenzini, V. Milyukov 1218

Separating Out the Radial-Offset Error in a Two-Sphere Equivalence-PrincipleExperiment in a Satellite

Benjamin Lange 1221

Suppressing Radial Non-Observability in a Concentric Two-Sphere Equivalence-Principle Experiment by Gravity-Gradient CancellationBenjamin Lange 1224

The Two-Color Transcollimator, a Precision Position Detector for a SatelliteTwo-Sphere Equivalence-Principle ExperimentBenjamin Lange 1226

Cosmic Tests for a More Explicit Equivalence PrincipleR.A. Vera 1229

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High Sensitive SQUID Based Position Detectors for Application in GravitationalExperimentsW. Vodel, H. Koch, S. Nietzsche, J. V. Zameck Gl., R. Neubert,H. Dittus, S. Lochmann, C. Mehls 1232

Observational CosmologyChairperson: J, Einasto

Large Scale Structure of the Universe — IntroductionJ. Einasto 1236

Gravitational Potential Perturbations and Large Scale BiasM. Demianski, A. Doroshkevich 1240

Has the Universe a Honeycomb Structure?J. Einasto 1243

Renormalization Group Approach to Einstein Equation in CosmologyOsamu Iguchi, Akio Hosoya, Tatsuhiko Koike 1246

Testing Relativistic Zel'dovich Approximation in Spherically SymmetricModel

M. Morita, K. Nakamura, M. Kasai 1249

On the Power Law Dependence of the Average Density of the Galaxiesin the Universe

C Sigismondi, S. Filippi, R. Ruffini 1252

Power Spectra and Large Scale Structure Formation in Mixed Dark MatterModels with a Cosmological ConstantR. Valdarnini, T. Kahniashvili, B. Novosyadlyj 1255

Large-Scale Mass Power Spectrum from Peculiar Velocities

I. ZEHAVI 1258

Inflation

Chairperson: Misao Sasaki

Tensor CMB Anisotropy in Open Inflation ModelsMisao Sasaki, Takahiro Tanaka, Yoshihiro Yakushige 1262

Canonical Perturbations in the One Bubble Universe

Jaume Garriga, Xavier Montes, Misao Sasaki, Takahiro Tanaka .... 1274

On Classical Anisotropies in Models of Open InflationJaume Garriga, V.F. Mukhanov 1277

Second-Order Reconstruction of Inflationary Dynamics Compatible with Recent

COBE Data

Eckehard W. Mielke, Alfredo Macias, Alberto Garcia 1280

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Cosmological Vacuum in Unified Theories

V.N. Pervushin, V.I. Smirichinski 1283

Topological Defects

Chairperson: R. Dwrrer

Can a Self-Gravitating Thin Cosmic String Obey the Nambu-Goto Dynamics?

B. Boisseau, C. Charmousis, B. Linet 1287

Current-Carrying Cosmic String Loops Leading to Vortons

Alejandro Gangui, Edgard Gunzig 1290

On the Formation of Hierarchical Astronomical Objects in the Cosmic String

Scheme

Tetsuya Hara, Sigeru Miyoshi, Petri Mahonen 1293

On the Perturbation of Domain Wall Coupled to Gravitational Waves

Akihiro Ishibashi, Hideki Ishihara 1296

Formation Probability of Non-Topological Electroweak Strings

M. Nagasawa, J. Yokoyama 1299

Cylindrical Domain Walls and Gravitational Waves -- Einstein Rosen Wave

Emission from Momentarily Static Initial ConfigurationKouji Nakamura, Hideki Ishihara 1302

Testing Theoretical Predictions of CMB Anisotropies Induced by Scaling Seeds

Against Current Observational Data

M. Sakellariadou, R. Durrer, M. Kunz, C. Lineweaver 1305

Numerical Experiments in Cosmic String Networks in Terms of a Three-Scale

Model

M. Sakellariadou, M. Hindmarsh, G.R. Vincent 1308

Topology of the Universe and Topological Defects

Jean-Philippe Uzan 1311

Early Universe

Chairperson: N. Deruelle

FRW-Geometry Evolution due to Quantum Effects

Frank Antonsen, Karsten Bormann 1315

Exact Solutions and Growth of Cosmological Perturbations in the TransitionEra from the Radiation to Matter Dominance

Andres Aragoneses, Vicenq Mendez, Diego Pav6n,WlNFRIED ZlMDAHL 1318

Higher Derivative Theory with ViscosityA. Beesham, B.C. Paul, S. Mukherjee 1321

Baryogenesis Motivated on String CPT Violation0. Bertolami 1324

Zero Energy Modes of Massless Fermions in S3 x R SpacetimeM.A. Dariescu, C. Dariescu 1327

Self-Consistent Solutions for Low-Frequency Gravitational BackgroundRadiation

G. Dautcourt 1330

Cosmological Structures in Generalized GravityJ. Hwang 1333

Bubble Dynamics at Finite Temperature

Chul H. Lee 1336

Energy in the Primordial Plasma

Merav Opher, Reuven Opher 1339

The Cosmic Fluid is Essentially Transparent to Gravitational Radiation

Diego Pavon, Vicenc Mendez, Jose M. Salim 1342

Origin of Structure in a Supersymmetric Quantum UniverseP. Vargas Moniz 1345

Energy Conditions and Galaxy Formation

Matt Visser 1348

Cosmological Perturbations and Large-Scale Conservation Quantities

W. ZlMDAHL 1351

Cosmic Microwave BackgroundChairperson: Naoshi Sugiyama

A Quick View of the CMB Session and Thermal History k CMB AnisotropiesNaoshi Sugiyama 1355

The Signature of the Negative Curvature of the Universe in CMB MapsV.G. Gurzadyan, S. Torres 1367

Recent Results of the Tenerife CMB Experiments

G.M. Gutierrez, R. Rebolo, R.J. Hoyland, R.D. Davies, R.A. Watson,A.N. Lasenby, A.W. Jones, S. Hancock 1370

CMB Anisotropics Caused By Gravitational Waves: A Parameter Study

T. Kahniashvili, R. Durrer 1373

Can the CMBR Dipole be Cosmological?David Langlois 1376

On Ergodic Perturbations in the Open Universe

A. Woszczyna 1379

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Nonsingular Cosmology

Chairperson: Mario Novello

The Program of the Eternal Universe

Mario Novello 1383

The Causal Interpretation of Dust and Radiation Fluids Non-Singular Quantum

Cosmologies

J. Acacio de Barros, M.A. Sagioro Leal, M. Pinto-Neto 1403

Inflationary Cosmology in Weyl Integrable Geometry

J.C. Fabris, J.M. Salim, S.L. Sautu 1406

Globally Hyperbolic Geodesically Complete Cosmological Model

Leonardo FernAndez Jambrina 1409

Relativistic Cosmological HydrodynamicsJ. Hwang, H. Noh 1412

An Alternative Perspective in Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity

B.G. Sidharth'

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Fluctuational Cosmology

B.G. Sidharth 1418

Dark Matter

Chairperson: R. Cowsik

Dark Matter — An Introduction

R. Cowsik 1422

Baryonic Dark Matter

Francesco de Paolis, Philippe Jetzer, Gabriele Ingrosso,Marco Roncadelli 1426

Microlensing Implications for Halo Dark Matter

Francesco de Paolis, Philippe Jetzer, Gabriele Ingrosso,Marco Roncadelli 1429

Landau Damping of Fermion Perturbations in an Expanding UniverseS. Filippi, C. Sigismondi, L.A. Sanchez 1432

Some Geometrical Models the Possible Class of Particles Able to Travel Faster

than LightM.Yu. Konstantinov 1435

Evolution of Power Spectrum for Inos

H.W. Lee 1438

Accelerator Test of the Dark Matter Neutrino Hypothesis

Hjsakazu Minakata 1441

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The Oscillating G Model: A Possible Explanation for the Apparent Periodicityin the Galaxy Distribution and for the Cosmological Non-Baryonic Matter

Hernando Quevedo, Marcelo Salgado, Daniel Sudarsky 1444

Boson Halo: Scalar Field Model for Dark Halos of Galaxies

Franz E. Schunck 1447

Experimental Evidence of a New Type of Quantized Matter with Quanta as

Integer Multiples of the Planck Mass

Klaus Volkamer, Christoph Streicher 1450

A Theory of Superluminal Particles with Real Mass Content in Agreementwith Experimental Evidence of a New Type of Quantized MatterKlaus Volkamer, Christoph Streicher 1454

Microlensing by Noncompact ObjectsA.F. Zakharov, M.V. Sazhin 1458

Astro-particlesChairperson: A. Dar

Primordial Nucleosynthesis with Neutrino Degeneracy and Gravitational

Constant Variation

Hyun Kyu Lee 1462

The Search for Antimatter in the Universe

Aldo Morselli 1465

Neutrino Transport in Type II Supernovae Boltzmann Solver vs. Monte Carlo

Method

Shoichi Yamada, Han-Thomas Janka, Hideyuki Suzuki 1468

Gravitational Lenses

Chairperson: A.O. Petters

Some Global Results on Gravitational Lensing

A.O. Petters 1472

Defocusing MicrolensingS. Capozziello, R. de Ritis, V.I. Man'ko, A.A. Marino, G. Marmo,

A. Simoni 1485

The Fermat Principle in General Relativity and the Gravitational Lensing

Effect

Fabio Giannoni, Antonio Masiello, Paolo Piccione 1488

On the Classification of Stable Caustics

W. Hasse, V. Perlick, M. Kriele 1491

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Properties of Point Mass Lenses on a Regular Polygon and the Problem of

Maximum Number of ImagesS. Mao, A.O. Petters, H.J. Witt 1494

Counting Formulas and Bounds on Number of Fixed Points Due to Point

Mass Lenses

A.O. Petters, F.J. Wicklin 1497

Gravitational Lens Equation Near CuspsA.F. Zakharov 1500

Extragalactic Sources

Chairperson: A. Treves

Overwhelming Evidence for a Massive Black Hole in a Nearby Galaxy from

Maser Emission Observations

EyalMaoz 1504

Astrophysical Black Holes

Chairperson: M. Abramowicz

Some Effects due to Interaction of Charged Particles and Charged RotatingBlack Holes

Z. Stuchlik 1508

QPO's

Chairperson: L. Stella

Lense-Thirring Precession and QPOs in Low Mass X-Ray BinariesL. Stella, M. Vietri 1512

General Relativity and Quasi-Periodic Oscillations

Philip Kaaret 1516

Binary Neutron Stars

Chairperson: Takashi Nakamura

Report of the Workshop on Binary Neutron Stars/Black HolesTakashi Nakamura 1520

Dynamics of Relativistic Superfluid in Neutron StarsDavid Langlois 1524

Relativistic Studies of Close Neutron Star Binaries

G.J. Mathews, P. Marronetti, J.R. Wilson 1527

Gravitational Waves from Coalescing Black Hole MACHO BinariesTakashi Nakamura, Misao Sasaki, Takahiro Tanaka Kip S. Thornk . . . 1530

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May an Eclipsing Binary Radiopulsar Be a Strong-Field GravitationalLaboratory?Igor I. Salukvadze 1533

Location of the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit of Binary Neutron Stars in the

First Post Newtonian Approximation

Masaru Shibata 1536

Relativistic Equations of Motion for Binary Systems with Monopole, Spin andComplete Quadrupole MomentsC. Xu, Y. He, X. Wu 1539

Microlenses

Chairperson: Philippe Jetzer

Gravitational Microlensing ResearchPhilippe Jetzer 1543

Microlensing Results and the Galactic Models

Francesco de Paolis, Philippe Jetzer, Gabriele Ingrosso 1561

MACHO versus HST: How Bright Can Dark Matter Be?E.J. Kerins 1564

Noncompact Astronomical Bodies as Microlenses

A.F. Zakharov, M.V. Sazhin 1567

Gamma Ray Bursts

Chairperson: David L. Band

The Gamma-Ray Burst MysteryDavid L. Band 1571

Can Internal Shocks Produce the Variability in GRBs?

Shiho Kobayashi, Tsvi Piran, Re'em Sari 1591

Gamma-Ray Bursts from Neutron Star BinariesG.J. Mathews, J.R. Wilson, J. Salmonson 1594

A Unified Model for Gamma Ray Bursters, Galactic Microquasars and

Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic RaysErella Opher, Reuven Opher 1597

Spectral Implications of Variability in GRB Fireballs

Ravi P. Pilla, Abraham Loeb 1600

Numerical Simulations of Colliding Neutron Stars

M. Ruffert, H.-Th. Janka 1603

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Boson Stars

Chairperson: Eckehard W. Mielke

Boson Stars: Early History and Recent ProspectsEckehard W. Mielke, Franz E. Schunck 1607

Localized Mass and Spin in 2+1 Dimensional Topologically Massive GravityA. Edery, M.B. Paranjape 1627

On the Stability of Real Scalar Boson Stars

Philippe Jetzer, David Scialom 1630

Differentially Rotating Boson Stars

Franz E. Schunck, Eckehard W. Mielke 1633

List of Participants 1636

Author Index 1646