During the past decade, the field of astrophysics has progressed at an impressive rate. This was reflected by the topics discussed at the workshop from which this book eminated. These topics include the inflationary universe; the large-scale structure of the universe; the diffuse X-ray background; gravitational lenses, quasars and active galactic nuclei; infrared galaxies; results from infrared astronomical satellites; supernova 1987A; millisecond radio pulsars; quasi-periodic oscillations in the X-ray flux of low-mass X-ray binaries; and gamma-ray bursts.

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FRONT MATTER
INSTABILITIES IN SN1987A AND OTHER SUPERNOVAE
ON THE EVOLUTION OF PULSARS
THE SPIN DOWN OF THE RADIO PULSARS BRAKING INDEX
AXIALLY SYMMETRICAL SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
NEUTRON STARQUAKE MODEL FOR GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
THE SHOCK BREAKOUT IN SN1987A MODELLED WITH THE TIME-DEPENDENT RADIATIVE TRANSFER
MANIFESTATIONS OF DYNAMO DRIVEN LARGE-SCALE MAGNETIC FIELD IN ACCRETION DISKS OF COMPACT OBJECTS
TURBULIZATION OF SHEAR FLOWS IN ASTROPHYSICS
REGULAR VARIABILITY OF THE SHAPE OF THE PRIMARY MINIMUM OF THE ORBITAL LIGHT CURVE OF SS 433 WITH THE PHASE OF THE PRECESSIONAL PERIOD
CHAOTIC INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE AND THE ANISOTROPY OF THE LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE
THE CYCLOTRON ABSORPTION LINE AND ECLIPSE TRANSITION PHENOMENA OF 4U 1538-52
RADIO TELESCOPES AS THE DETECTORS OF SUPER HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRIONS
OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL RELATIVISTIC STELLAR WINDS
CLUSTER RESEARCH WITH X-RAY OBSERVATIONS
OBSERVATIONS OS X-RAY PULSARS FROM THE KVANT MODULE
GENERATION OF ULTRAHIGH-ENERGY GAMMA-RAYS IN ACCRETING X-RAY PULSARS
CAN A MAN-MADE UNIVERSE BE ACHIEVED BY QUANTUM TUNNELING WITHOUT AN INITIAL SINGULARITY?
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE DIFFUSE X-RAY BACKGROUND
GRAVITATIONAL LENSES: THE CURRENT SAMPLE, RECENT RESULTS, AND CONTINUING SEARCHES
COSMIC GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
GEORGIAN SPACE RESEARCH PROGRAM
ON THE NATURE OF PULSAR RADIATION
OBSERVING SN 1987A WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ULTRAVIOLET EXPLORER
QUASI-PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS IN LOW-MASS X-RAY BINARIES
THE EVOLUTION OF THE GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION FROM STELLAR COMPONENTS OF GALAXIES
CLOSE BINARY STARS IN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS
THE LARGE-SCALE SURFACE BRIGHTNESS DISTRIBUTION OF THE X-RAY BACKGROUND
X-RAY EMISSION FROM ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
ON THE OBSERVATIONAL APPEARANCES OF A FREELY PRECESSING NEUTRON STAR IN . . .
THE PSR 2127+12 AS AN INDICATOR OF A MASSIVE BLACK HOLE IN THE CORE OF GLOBULAR CLUSTER M 15
THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF DOMAIN WALLS
A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DETECTED BY THE KONUS EXPERIMENT ON VENERA 11 and 12
EXTRAGALACTIC X-RAY SOURCE COUNTS
ULTRALUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES
THE PECULIAR VELOCITY FIELD PREDICTED FROM THE DISTRIBUTION OF IRAS GALAXIES
X-RAY RADIATION FROM SUPERNOVA 1987A. THE RESULTS OF THE KVANT MODULE IN 1987-89
BASIC PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY FROM PULSAR TIMING DATA
GAS FLOW AND GENERATION OF X-RAY EMISSION IN WR+OB BINARIES
HYDRODYNAMIC STUDY OF SUPERNOVA 1987A: THE PHASE OF A WAVE OF COOLING AND RECOMBINATION
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