Odintsov S.D., Sáez-Gómez D., Xambó-Descamps S. (Eds.) Cosmology, Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions: In Honor of Emilio Elizalde

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011. — 393 p. — ISBN: 3642197590On the occasion of the 60th Birthday of Professor Emilio Elizalde, a conference was organized on March 8-10, 2010, to discuss current progress in the main areas of his research: cosmology, quantum vacuum fluctuations and zeta functions.1 The conference was planed to take place at the Universitat Aut`onoma de Barcelona, in Bellaterra, but due to an unexpected snow storm during the afternoon and evening of Monday 8, the venue had to be rescheduled: it continued on Tuesday andWednesday at the Hotel 1898, in Barcelona’s Ramblas.
The following is a more detailed list of the topics dealt with at the symposium:
• Dark energy and dark matter
• Modified gravity
• Cosmological evolution
• Cosmology and string theory
• Quantum vacuum fluctuations
• Zeta functions in physics and mathematics
Since the workshop was a success from the point of view of the quality of the speakers and the research works presented, and also by the quantity of participants, it was decided that a volume of proceedings would be published. The subsequent call for papers had a very positive response and we are please to present the result in this volume.