Cosmology and Gravitation: Summary talk at the XXIV Brazilian Meeting on Particles and Fields

Abstract

This is a brief summary with comments on selected contributions to the Cosmology and Gravitation section at the $24^{th}$ Brazilian Meeting on Particle and Fields (ENFPC XXIV), held at Caxambu, from September 30 to October 4, 2003.

arXiv comment7 pages, no figures, revtex 4. Brazilian Journal of Physics (to appear 2004)

References in corpus (7)

• Improved tests of extra-dimensional physics and thermal quantum field theory from new Casimir force measurements
• The accelerated expansion of the Universe as a quantum cosmological effect
• New perspectives in physics and astrophysics from the theoretical understanding of Gamma-Ray Bursts
• Gravitational field around a time-like current-carrying screwed cosmic string in scalar-tensor theories
• Wakes in Dilatonic Current-Carrying Cosmic Strings
• Spinning strings, cosmic dislocations and chronology protection
• Formation of Schwarzschild black hole from the scalar field collapse in four-dimensions