Modern Mathematical Models of Time and Their Applications to Physics and Cosmology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780792346630)

Preface. Session 1: The Redshift. The Pair of X-Ray Sources Across NGC 4258, Its Relation to Intrinsic Redshifts, Ejection and Quantization; H. Arp. A Fresh Look at Discordant Redshift Galaxies in Compact Groups; J.W. Sulentic, J.B. Smith. Evidence for Quantized and Variable Redshifts in the Cosmic Background Rest Frame; W.G. Tifft. Testing for Quantized Redshifts. I. The Project; W.M. Napier, B.N.G. Guthrie. The Distribution of Galaxy Pair Redshifts; T.E. Nordgren. Session 2: Critical Properties of the Universe. Density Fluctuations on Super-Hubble Scales; Li-Zhi Fang, Yi-Peng Jing. The Challenge of Large-Scale Structure; S.A. Gregory. Electric Space; Evolution of the Plasma Universe; A.L. Peratt. Should Cosmologists Care? J.G. Laros. Session 3: Statistical Methods. Testing for Quantized Redshifts. II. The Local Supercluster; W.M. Napier, B.N.G. Guthrie. Power Spectrum Analysis and Redshift Data; W.I. Newman, Y. Terzian. Statistical Analysis of the Occurrence of Periodicities in Galaxy Redshift Data; W. Cocke, et al. Zooming In On the Redshift Problem; P.A. Sturrock. Session 4: New Approaches to Cosmology. Two Universes; G. Burbidge. Anomalous Redshifts and the Variable Mass Hypothesis; J.V. Narlikar. Three-Dimensional Quantized Time in Cosmology; W.G. Tifft. Session 5: Gravitation and Time in General Relativity. The Stress-Energy Tensor and the Deflection of Light in 6-Dimensional General Relativity; W.J. Cocke. Einstein's Greatest Mistake? P.C.W. Davies. Time, Space and Complex Geometry; R. Penrose. Discrete Special Scales in a Fractal Universe; D.F. Roscoe. Possible New Properties of Gravity; T. Van Flandern. On theCosmic Limits of Physical Laws; L. Halpern. Changes in Concepts of Time from Aristotle to Einstein; M. Sachs. On The Transmutation and Annihilation of Pencil-Generated Spacetime Dimensions; M. Saniga. Session 6: Nuclear and Particle Physics. Particles, Space and Time; V. Icke. Time Anisotropy and Quantum Measurement: Clues for Transcending the Geometrical Picture of Time; A.C. Elitzur. 3-D Period Doubling and Magnetic Moments of Particles; A. Lehto. Relics of the Primordial Origins of Space and Time in The Low Energy World; C. Wolf. Unexplained Empirical Relations Among Certain Scatterings; L.W. Morrow. Spherical Rotation, Particles and Cosmology; M. Kokus. Session 7: Mathematical Models and Methods. A Non-Linear Model for Time; C.L. DeVito. Defining Spacetime; W.M. Stuckey. Some Elementary Geometric Aspects of Extending the Dimension of the Space of Instants; A.P. Pitucco. Fisher Information as a Measure of Time; B.R. Frieden. List of Forthcoming Papers.

Author: W. G. Tifft
ISBN-10: 0792346637
ISBN-13: 9780792346630
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Language: English
Published: 07/31/1997
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d