| Preface | |
| Moisei Aleksandrovich Markov | |
| M. A. Markov and Quantum Gravity | |
| Gauge Theory Without Ghosts | p. 3 |
| Beyond the Fringe | p. 22 |
| Implementing Markov's Limiting Curvature Hypothesis | p. 30 |
| Conformal Decomposition of the Effective Action and Covariant Curvature Expansion | p. 42 |
| Covariant Approximation Schemes for Calculation of the Heat Kernel in Quantum Field Theory | p. 61 |
| The Impact of Quantum Cosmology on Quantum Field Theory | p. 79 |
| Quantum Space-Time Transformations and Reference Frames States | p. 93 |
| Quantum Optics of Accelerated Two-Level-Systems on Arbitrary Stationary Trajectories | p. 104 |
| Perturbative Approach to the Two-Dimensional Quantum Gravity | p. 113 |
| Gauge-Invariance in One-Loop Quantum Cosmology | p. 131 |
| Quantum Gravity and Hawking Radiation | p. 141 |
| Wormhole Time Machines and the Principle of Minimal Action | p. 147 |
| Monopole Black Hole and Catastrophe Theory | p. 161 |
| Quenched Hawking Radiation and the Black Hole Pair-Creation Rate | p. 179 |
| Modelling Parent and Baby Universes by Fundamental Strings: Topology Change and Loss of Quantum Coherence | p. 196 |
| Quantization of the Schwarzschild Black Hole | p. 216 |
| The Case of the Missing Wormhole State | p. 240 |
| QED Processes in the Gravitational Field of a Cosmic String | p. 257 |
| Static Isolated Systems in D-Dimensional Dilaton Gravity | p. 278 |
| Strings in Magnetic Backgrounds | p. 301 |
| Off-Shell (4, 4) Supersymmetric Sigma-Models with Torsion in Harmonic Superspace | p. 323 |
| Duality Symmetries in N = 2 Heterotic Superstring | p. 341 |
| Hidden Symmetry and S-Duality in N = 4 D = 4 Super Yang-Mills Theory | p. 353 |
| Higher-Derivative Gravitation in Bosonic and Superstring Theories and a New Mechanism for Supersymmetry Breaking | p. 363 |
| Bosonic String Theory in Background Fields of Massive Modes | p. 375 |
| Stochastic Quantization of Matrix Models and Field Theory of Non-Orientable Strings | p. 393 |
| Quantum Deformations of the Self-Duality Equation and Conformal Twistors | p. 413 |
| Gauging Conformal Algebras with Relations between the Generators | p. 425 |
| QCD-Strings, 2-d Gravity and Grassmannian [sigma] Models | p. 436 |
| Non-Minimally Coupled Complex Scalar Field in Classical and Quantum Cosmology | p. 453 |
| Cosmological Models and Early Evolution of Large Scale Structure of the Universe | p. 473 |
| Density Fluctuations in Inflationary Models with Multiple Scalar Fields | p. 481 |
| Anisotropy of the CMBR and Impact on Particle Physics | p. 498 |
| Quantum Cosmology and the Vanishing Ghost | p. 506 |
| Multidimensional Quantum Cosmology with Perfect Fluid | p. 517 |
| The Role of Time in Physical Cosmology | p. 531 |
| On the Observable Properties of Cosmic Background Radiation in the Universe with Negative Curvature | p. 542 |
| Quantum Bianchi Models in N = 2 Supergravity with Global O(2) Internal Symmetry | p. 547 |
| The Quantum Born of the Universe with Minimal Energy of Scalar Field | p. 557 |
| Friedmann Universes and Exact Solutions in String Cosmology | p. 562 |
| Multidimensional Quantum Cosmology: Quantum Wormholes, Third Quantization, Inflation from "Nothing", etc | p. 569 |
| The Tunneling, the Second Order Relativistic Phase Transitions and Problem of the Macroscopic Universe Origin | p. 593 |
| Topology Fluctuations in the Expanding Universe | p. 615 |
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