TABLE OF CONTENTS
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List of Organizers and Sponsors | V |
Introduction | VII |
Speech delivered by His Holyness Pope John Paul II | IX |
Table of Contents | XXV |
PART A | |
MAIN SESSIONS | |
OPENING TALKS - Chairman:' L.M. Khalatnikov | |
Astro.Particle~Physics A.SALAM |
3 |
Present Problems in the Detection of High Frequency
Gravitational Waves E. AMALDI |
9 |
On the Role of the Planck Mass V. DE ALFARO, S. FUBINI and G. FURLAN |
25 |
Inflationary Stages in Cosmological Models with a Scalar
Field V.A. BELINSKII, L.P. GRISHCHUK, l.M. KHALATNIKOV and Ya.B. ZEL'DOVICH |
29 |
QUANTUM COSMOLOGY - Chairman.' H. Sato | |
The New Cosmogony I. MOSS |
51 |
Quantum Cosmology - Beyond Minisuperspace J. HALLIWELL and S. HAWKING |
65 |
Simplicial Quantum Gravity and Unruly Topology J.B. HARTLE |
85 |
COSMOLOGY - Chairman: Fang Li Zhi | |
Phase Transitions in the Early Universe: Geometric Effects B.L. HU |
103 |
On the Constraints of the Properties of "I nos"
Composing Galactic Halos R. RUFFINI and D.J. SONG |
149 |
SUPERGRAVITY AND SUPERSTRINGS - Chairmen: Y. Ne'Eman and P. van Nieu wenhuiten | |
Chern -Simons Forms in Supergravity A. CERESOLE, A. LERDA, P. VAN NIEUWENHUIZEN and P. PIZZOCHERO |
167 |
Covariant Canonical Formalism for Gravity and Supergravity J.E. NELSON and T. REGGE |
191 |
Superstrings and the Unification ot Forces and Particles M.B. GREEN |
203 |
Superstring Phenomenology P. CANDELAS, G.T. HOROWITZ, A. STROMINGER and E.WITTEN |
227 |
Kaluza.Klein-Konsistency M.DUFF |
245 |
World Spinors and the Hadrons Y.NE'EMAN |
259 |
GENERAL RELATIVITY - Chairwoman: Y. Choquet-Bruhat | |
Nonmetricity and Torsion: Facts and Fancies in Gauge
Approaches to Gravity P. BAEKLER, F.W. HEHL and E.W. MIELKE |
277 |
Cauchy-Riemann Structures in Optical Geometry ROBINSON and A. TRAUTMAN |
317 |
GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE AND GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION - Chairman: R. Hofstadter |
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A Numerical Computation of the Gravitational Radiation from
Rotating Gravitational Collapse R.F.STARKandT.PIRAN |
327 |
Analytical Calculations of Gravitational Radiation T. DAMOUR |
365 |
PARALLEL SESSIONS | |
SPACE STATION ERA - Chairman: G. Vaiana | |
Non-Gravitational Perturbations of High Altitude Artificial
Satellites L.CIUFOLINI and R.A. MATZNER |
395 |
The Space Station and Observations Relating to General
Relativity H.GURSKY |
401 |
The Gravity-Probe-B Relativity Gyroscope Experiment: Approach
to a Flight Mission J.P. TURNEAURE, C.W.F. EVER ITT, B.W. PARKINSON, J.T. ANDERSON, D. BARDAS, W.S. CHEUNG, D.B. DEBRA, W.M. FAIRBANK, R.A. FARNSWORTH, D. GILL, R. HACKER, G.M. KEISER, J.A. LIPA,J.M. LOCKHART, R.A. VAN PATTEN, R.T. PARMLEY, R.H. VASSAR and L.S. YOUNG |
411 |
Support Dependent Torques in the Relativity Gyroscope
Experiment G.M. KEISER |
465 |
Present Clock Stability and Realistic Prospects for the
Future R.F.C. VESSOT, E.M. MATTISON, W.J. KLEPCZYNSKI, G.M.R. WINKLER, l.F. SILVERA, H.P. GODFRIED and R.L. WALSWORTH, Jr |
477 |
GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS - Chairmen: R Drever and G. V Pallottino | |
A. BAR DETECTORS | |
The Gravitational Wave Experiment of the Rome Group E. AMALDI, P. BONIFAZI, F. BRONZINI, P. CARELLI, M.G. CASTELLANO, G. CAVALLARI, E. COCCIA, C. COSMELLI, V. FOG LIETTI, S. FRASCA, R. HABEL, I. MODENA, G.V. PALLOTTINO, G. PIZZELLA, P. RAPAGNANI, F. RICCI, and G. VANNARONI |
499 |
Status and Prospectives of BAE Measurements at Frascati F. BORDONI, S DE PANFILIS, F. FULIGNI, V. IAFOLLA, and S NOZZOLI |
523 |
Development of Gravitational Radiation Antennas at Maryland K.R. CARROLL, H.A. CHAN, F. DESROSI ER, W.M. FOLKNER D.J. GRETZ, S. HABIB, J.J. HAMILTON, M.V. MOODY, R.A. NELSON, H.J. PAl K, Y. PANG, J.-P. RICHARD, J.WEBER and G. WILMOT |
533 |
Operation of the Stanford Cryogenic Gravitational Wave
Detector W.M. FAIRBANK, M. BASSAN, E.R. MAPOLES, M.S. McASHAN, P.F. MICHELSON and B.E. MOSKOWITZ |
543 |
The Guangzhou Gravitational Wave Detector HU EN KE |
559 |
A Cosmic Ray Monitor for the Stanford Gravitational Radiation
Detector B.E. MOSKOWITZ |
561 |
Cryogenic Detector for Gravitational Radiation from the Crab
Pulsar S. OWA, M.-K. FUJIMOTO, H. HIRAKAWA, K. MORIMOTO, T. SUZUKI and K. TSUBONO |
571 |
B. INTERFEROMETER DETECTORS | |
Analysis of Gravity Wave Antenna Signals with Matched Filter
Techniques D.DEWEY |
581 |
The MIT Prototype Gravitational Wave Detector J. LIVAS, R. BENFORD, D. DEWEY, A. JEFFRIES, P. LINSAY, P. SAULSON, D. SHOEMAKER and R.WEISS |
591 |
Some Improvements to the Glasgow Gravitational Wave Detector G.P. NEWTON, J. HOUGH, G.A. KERR, B.J. MEERS N.A. ROBERTSON, H. WARD, J.B. MANGAN, S. HOGGAN and R.W.P. DREVER |
599 |
Progress with the Garching 30-Meter Prototype for a
Gravitational Wave Detector D. SHOEMAKER, W. WIN KLER, K. MAISCHBERGER, A. RU"DIGER, R. SCHILLING and L. SCHNUPP |
605 |
The CalTech Laser-Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector R. SPERO |
615 |
Plans for a Large Gravitational Wave Antenna in Germany W. WINKLER, K. MAISCHBERGER, A. RU'~DlGER, R. SCHILLING, L. SCHNUPP and D. SHOEMAKER |
621 |
Optimization of Resonant Interferometric Detectors of
Gravitational Radiation JYVINET |
631 |
C. OTHER METHODS OF DETECTION | |
Theoretical Problems on Electromagnetic Detectors of
Gravitational Waves L. BARONI, G. CALLEGARI, P. FORTINI, C. GUALDI and M.ORLANDINI |
641 |
The Detection of a Gravitational Background Radiation with
Doppler Tracking of Two Spacecraft B. BERTOTTI, L. lESS and P. BONIFAZI |
647 |
Neutrino and Gravitation Physics J.WEBER |
657 |
GAUGE THEORIES - Chairman: G. Denardo | |
Special Relativity on R x S3 M.CARMELI |
663 |
Small Universes and Topological Sectors of a Field Theory R.CATENACCI and F. SALMISTRARO |
671 |
Local Poincare Symmetry: Quantum Effects H.T.NIEH |
675 |
Towards the Unification of Gravity and Electro-Weak
Interactions M. NOVELLO and H. HEINTZMANN |
685 |
Affine Gauge Theories of Gravity and Particle Physics Dj. ~lJA~Kl |
693 |
BLACK HOLES - Chairwoman: V. Ferran | |
Spin-3/2 Fields on Black Hole Spacetimes P.C. AICHELBURG |
707 |
Evaporating Black Hole Space-Times and the Back Reaction R. BALBINOT |
713 |
Bitensorial Differentiation in a Non-Affine Fibre Bundle
Applied to Gauge Coupled Harmonic Fields B. CARTER |
721 |
On the Evaluation of the Total Flux of Energy Produced by a
Kerr Black Hole A. CURIR |
729 |
Mathematical Aspects of the Hawking Effect B.S. KAY |
739 |
The Tidal Signature of Big Black Holes J.-P.LUMINET |
749 |
On the Determination of Quasi-Normal Modes of Schwarzschild
Black Holes H.-P. NOLLERT |
759 |
Geometrical Invariant Expression of Vacuum Polarization
Effects near Static Distorted Black Holes N.SANCHEZ and V.P. FROLOV |
769 |
MICROWAVE BACKGROUND - Chairman: F Melchiorri | |
Searching for Primordial Anisotropies at
Millimeter-Wavelengths P.BOYNTON |
779 |
Measurement of the CSC b Law of Diffuse Galactic Emission and
the 3K Large-Scale Anisotropy R. FABBRI, I. GUIDI, V. NATALE and G. VENTURA |
789 |
Polarization of the Cosmic Background Radiation in Magnetic
Cosmologies M. TAMBURRANO and R. FABBRI |
799 |
LAGRANGIAN THEORIES - Chairman: F. Hehl | |
A Modified Quadratic Lagrangian for General Relativity Theory N.NISSANI |
809 |
The Weyl-Dirac Equation from Conformally Invariant
Gravitation and Electromagnetism G. PAPINI |
817 |
A Unified Field Theory in a Complex - Real Vector Space G.E.TAUBER |
827 |
GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSED SYSTEMS -Chairman: A. Treves | |
The Uncierground Neutrino Observatories (UNO) in Italy C. CASTAGNOLI and P. GALEOTTI |
833 |
Discovery of Millisecond Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in
Accreting Neutron Stars M. VAN DER KLIS and F.A. JANSEN |
847 |
Gamma Ray Bursts and Neutron Star Structure E. LIANG |
855 |
Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in CYG X-2 L. STELLA, L. CHIAPPETTI, A.L. CIAPI, L. MARASCHI, E.G. TANZI and A. TREVES |
861 |
Non-Static Spherically Symmetric Exact Solutions for Charged
Shear-Free Perfect Fluid Configurations R.A. SUSSMAN |
867 |
Fast Timing Experiments on Black Holes and Gravitational Wave
Sources K.S. WOOD |
873 |
PART B |
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PARALLEL SESSIONS | |
EXACT SOLUTIONS - Chairmen: J. Goldberg and R. Jantzen | |
Solitary and Non Solitary Waves on a
Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Background P.S.C. ALENCAR and P.S. LETELIER |
885 |
Asymptotic Simplicity for Post-Minkowskian Space-Times L.BLANCHET |
895 |
Exact Axially Symmetric Stationary Solutions of the
Einstein-Scalar Gravitational Field Equations W. BRUCKMAN |
905 |
The Validity of Huygens' Principle on Type N Space-Times J. CARMINATI and R.G. McLENAGHAN |
911 |
Ernst Potential and Multipole Moments W.DIETZ |
917 |
Equatorial Geodesics in Magnetic Universes E.P. ESTEBAN |
927 |
Collision of Two Plane Gravitational Waves V. FERRARI and J. lBA~EZ |
931 |
The Cartan Ideal, Prolongation, and the Painleve~Property of
the Einstein Field Equation~ M.GURSESandA.H.BILGE |
939 |
Integrable Systems for Einstein Vacuum Equations B.K. HARRISON |
949 |
Conformally Symmetric Spheres in General Relativity L. HERRERA |
957 |
Asymptotically Anti-De Sitter Universes in d 3, 4 and Higher
Dimensions M. HENNEAUX |
959 |
The Double Kerr Solution: A Survey C. HOENSELAERS |
967 |
General Relativistic Singularity Free Description of Matter I. KHAN and A. QADIR |
977 |
The SU(2,1) Invariance of the Einstein-Maxwell Equations D. KRAMER |
983 |
A Spatially Periodic Generalization of the FLRW Cosmological
Models A. KRASINSKI |
989 |
On a Fourth-Order Equation of Axisymmetric Stationary Vacuum
Spacetimes K. LORENCZ and A. SEBESTYEN |
997 |
Stationary Vacuum Space-Times in Ernst Coordinates Z. PERJIES |
1003 |
The Kerr-Nut Metric with all Mass Multipole Moments H.QUEVEDO |
1015 |
Rotating Spacetimes of G6del -Type M.J. REBOU~AS and A.F.F. TEIXEIRA |
1025 |
Transitively Self-Similar Space-Times K. ROSQUIST and R.T. JANTZEN |
1033 |
Spherically Symmetric Solutions in R + R2 Gravity P.TEYSSANDIER |
1041 |
EARLY COSMOLOGY - Chairman: B.L Hu | |
Path Integral Quantum Cosmology B.K. BERGER |
1047 |
On Stability of Transition Between the De Sitter Universe and
a Friedman Radiation Universe M. DEMIANSKI and l.G. DYMNIKOVA |
1053 |
Inflation and Flatness in Hawking's State of the Universe D.N. PAGE |
1059 |
Entropy Production in the Early Universe M. SASAKI |
1065 |
Entropy Production in a Kaluza-KIem Viscous Universe K.TOMITA |
1071 |
QUANTUM GRAVITY - Chairman: j. Hartle | |
On the Quantum Field Theory of Mutually Interacting Particles
in Cosmological Gravitational Fields J. AUDRETSCH |
1079 |
Strong Gravity Revisited C.C.BERNIDO |
1087 |
Semiclassical Cosmological Models M. CASTAGNINO, D. HARARI and J.B. PAZ |
1095 |
Canonical Quantisation of Gravity T.CHRISTODOULAKIS |
1105 |
Formation of Black Holes in Quantum Cosmology FANG Li Zhi and LI Miao |
1115 |
Covariant Schrb'dinger Formalism and Application to
Accelerated Observers K. FREESE, C. HILL and M. MUELLER |
1121 |
The Rindler Condensate: Ground State in an Accelerated Frame U.H.GERLACH |
1129 |
Can Quantum Gravity be Unitary and Causal? P. HAJICEK |
1139 |
Quantum Simplicial Gravity H.W.HAMBER |
1151 |
Multitemporal Relativistic Particle Mechanics: A Gauge Theory
without Gauge-Fixings L. LUSANNA |
1163 |
Cone Subdivision Procedure for Regge Lattices: A
Renormalization Group Approach to Quantum Gravity M. MARTELLINI and A. MARZUOLI |
1173 |
Stochastic Quantization in General Relativity H.RUMPF |
1183 |
Exact Solution to Semiclassical Quantum Gravity in Two
Dimensions N.SANCHEZ |
1197 |
Wave Function of a Black Hole WU Zhonq Chao |
1203 |
KALUZA-KLEIN THEORIES - Chairman: G. Aragone | |
SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) from a CP2 Coset Space N.A.BATAKIS |
1211 |
Observational Multidimensional Cosmology R. BERGAMINI |
1215 |
The Cauchy Problem in Higher Dimensional Gravity and
Kaluza-KIem Theories Y. CHOQUET-BRUHAT |
1223 |
Equivalence of Spin and Angular Momentum in a Unified Theory L.HALPERN |
1233 |
Cosmology in Ten-Dimensions Y.D. KIM and Y.S. MYUNG |
1247 |
Attractor Universe in a Kaluza-KIem Cosmology K. MAEDA |
1255 |
Revisiting the Non-A bel ian Wong Equations in a Curved
Space-Time, as derived from Kaluza-KIem Theories R.P. MONDAINI |
1265 |
Truncations in Kaluza-KIem Theories C.N.POPE |
1275 |
PRECISION GRAVITATIONAL EXPERIMENTS - Chairman: S. Leschititta | |
Experimental Test of a Prototype Active Cavity Gravitational
Wave Detector A. ABRAMOVICI, Z. VAGER and M. WEKSLER |
1287 |
The Influence of Gravitational Radiation on Superconductors L. ANANDAN |
1299 |
Inertial and Gravitational Experiments with Superfluids: A
Progress Report M. BONALDI, M. CERDONIO, P. FALFERI, A. GOLLER, M. MAZZER, A. MIOTELLO, GA. PRODI,F.SORGE, R.TOMMASINI, L. VANZO, S. VITALE and S. ZERBINI |
1309 |
The Gravity Gradiometer and the Heterodyne Detector of
Gravitational Waves A CADEZ, M KOZELJ |
1319 |
Performance of an Active Pendulum with Interferometric
Sensing A. GIAZOTTO, E. CAMPANI, D. PASSUELLO andASTEFANINI |
1329 |
Polarized-Body Experiments and Equivalence Principles W.-T. NI |
1335 |
Experimental Evidence Against a Lorentz Aether Theory (LAT) J.TIOMNO |
1347 |
COMPUTER RELATIVITY - Chairman: R. Stark | |
Volterra Series Route to Post-Maxwellian Electrodynamics: EM
Resonator Detectors of Gravitational Waves C. BISCARI, D. CUOMO, G. FRANCESCHETTI, G. PANARIELLO,S. PETRACCA, I. PINTO and F. RECANO |
1357 |
Gravitational Radiation from Kerr Black Holes r.NAKAMURA |
1365 |
Three-Plus-One Regge Calculus: Formal ism and Applications to
Inflationary Universes R.M~WlLLlAMSandT.PIRAN |
1373 |
COSMOLOGY AND INOS - Chairman: A. Ferrari Halo
Collapse in Spiral Galaxies MV. ARBOLINO |
1387 |
Very Early Cosmologies with Irreversibility and the Monopole
Dominance B. LUKACS |
1393 |
SUPERGRAVITY - Chairman: P. van Nieuwenhuizen | |
Light Front Dynamics of the Gravitini Superfields CARAGONE |
1405 |
A New Class of Chiral d = 6 Supergravity Theories M.A.AWADAandP.K.TOWNSEND |
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1415 | |
Spontaneous Breaking of Extended Supergravities L. GIRARDELLO |
1425 |
The Ultraviolet Divergences of Gravity Theories M.H. GOROFF and A. SAGNOTTI |
1437 |
Positive Energy Theorem for Eleven-Dimensional Kaluza-Klein
Supergravity J. KOWALSKI-GLIKMAN |
1445 |
The Canonical Structure of the Grassmann Models and Existence
of Non-Local Currents J. MAHARANA |
1447 |
Supergravity Theory in Twelve Dimensions WANG Mian |
1459 |
RELATIVISTIC SELF-GRAVITATING SYSTEMS - Chairman: U. Gerlach | |
Adiabatic Accretion of Rotating Matter onto a Black Hole M.A. ABRAMOWICZ. M. LIV 10 and J. LU |
1467 |
Spherically Symmetric Stellar Dynamics J.BATT |
1473 |
Behavioui' of the Ratio a for Rotating Bodies during
Accretion and Gravitational Collapse F. DE FELICE and YU Yunqiang |
1477 |
On Systems of Self-Gravitating Bosons and Fermions Undergoing
Quantum Condensation G.INGROSSOandR.RUFFINI |
1485 |
Relativistic Stellar Dynamics and Dense Galactic Nuclei H.E. KANDRUP |
1491 |
On Self-Gravitating Classical Systems with a Phase Space
Cutoff M. MERAFINA and R. RUFFINI |
1501 |
The Stability of Inhomogeneous Spheroids with Anisotropic
Pressure F. PACHECO, G. PUCACCO and R. RUFFINI |
1511 |
Phase-Space Dynamics of Bianchi IX Cosmological Models L.DAMIAO SOARES |
1523 |
RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ASTROPHYSICS - Chairman: F. Bertola | |
Cosmological Shock Waves A.M.ANILEandG.MOSCHETTI |
1531 |
Gravitational Lensing and Flux Conservation A. BLANCHARD and G. LACROIX |
1537 |
Hydrodynamics of Radiation Driven Flows M. CALVANI, L. NOBILI and R. TUROLLA |
1543 |
Gravitational Lens Models S.M.CHITRE |
1549 |
Multiple Images of our Galaxy in Closed, Multiply Connected
Cosmologies H.V. FAGUNDES |
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1559 | |
Post-Newtonian Dynamics, Gravitational Radiation, and the
Binary Pulsar M.P.HAUGAN |
1565 |
The Dynamical Quadrupole Moment of the Sun P.R.GOODE |
1573 |
The Sun's Gravitational Quadrupole Moment Inferred from the
Fine Structure of the Acoustic and Gravity Normal Mode Spectra of the Sun H.A. HILL, R.D. ROSENWALD and G.F. RABAEY |
1581 |
Phonons in a Relativistic Perfect Fluid SMATARRESE |
1591 |
A Relativistic Explanation of the Pulsar Drift A.QADIR and M .RAFIQUE |
1597 |
Time Variation of the Triple Quasar PG 1115 + 08 :
Confirmation of the Gravitational Mirage Hypothesis J. SCHNEIDER, C. VANDERRIEST, G. WLERICK, G. LELIEVRE, H. SQL, D. HORVILLE and L. RENARD |
1607 |
CLASSICAL RELATIVITY - Chairman: W Stoeger | |
A Method of Solving the Geodesic Deviation Equations S.L. BAZAN SKI |
1615 |
A Conformal Extension of Pseudo-Newtonian Forces and
Potentials A.H. BOKHARI and A. QADIR |
1623 |
A Gravitating Source in an Evolving Universe A.H. BOKHARI and A. QADIR |
1635 |
On Kijowski's Unconstrained Degrees of Freedom of the
Gravitational Field PJ.CHRUSCIEL |
1643 |
The New Gravitational Radiation Energy Loss Formula F.L. COOPERSTOCK and P.H. LIM |
1651 |
The Slow-Motion Formalism for the Numerical Study of
Non-Radial G-Mode Pulsations in Relativistic Stars L.S. FINN |
1657 |
Null Cone Canonical Formalism J.N. GOLDBERG |
1665 |
On Positivity of Gravitational Energy J. KIJOWSKI |
1681 |
Angular Momentum on Future Null Infinity O.M.MORESCHI |
1687 |
Extremum Theorems for Angular Momentum in General Relativity E.NAHMAD-ACHAR |
1695 |
A New Derivation of the Quadrupole Formula for Gravitational
Radiation S. PERSIDES |
1701 |
Testing the Local SO (3,1) Invariance of Gravity at the
Planetary Level V.DESABBATA and M.GASPERINI |
1709 |
Spin Dynamics in General Relativity M.M. SOM, M.L. BEDRAN and E.P.VASCONCELLOS-VAIDYA |
1715 |
A Note on the Behaviour of the Curvature Tensor near
Space-Time Singularities L.B. SZABADOS |
1719 |
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR GRAVITY | |
Translation of Absolute Evolution Laws of a Continuous System
in One Comoving Physical Frame of Reference - Some Exact Solutions G.CARICATO |
1725 |
Theoretical Properties of Gravitational Fields Derived from
Properties of Light R.A. VERA |
1743 |
New Theory of Gravitation H.YILMAZ |
1753 |
HISTORY OF GENERAL RELATIVITY - Chairman: M. de Maria | |
Waves in Five Dimensions and Quantum Physics in 0. Klein's
Paper of 1926 S. BERGIA, G. D'ANGELO and V. MONZONI |
1795 |
Einstein's Path Toward the Generally Covariant Formulation of
Gravitational Field Equations: The Contribution of TuIho Levi-Civita C. CATTANI and M. DE MARIA |
1805 |
On the History of the Schwarzschilcr Singularity : 1915~1923 J. EISENSTAEDT |
1827 |
Relativity and Atomic Theory Before Quantum Mechanics H. KRAGH |
1829 |
Einsteins's Discovery of the Field Equations of General
Relativity: Some Milestones J.NORTON |
1837 |
The Reception of Relativity in Spain (1908-1923) A. ROCA |
1849 |
What a Physicist Can Learn From the Discovery of General
Relativity J.STACHEL |
1857 |