Reviews of topical problems

V.I. Kurilko, Yu.V. Tkach “Physical mechanisms of generation of coherent radiation in an ultrarelativistic free-electron laser” 38 231–251 (1995)

E.F. Mikhailov, S.S. Vlasenko “The generation of fractal structures in gaseous phase” 38 253–271 (1995)

V.D. Lakhno, G.N. Chuev “Structure of a strongly coupled large polaron” 38 273–285 (1995)

S.K. Betyaev “Hydrodynamics: problems and paradoxes” 38 287–316 (1995)

Methodological notes

A.A. Katsnel’son, A.I. Olemskoi, I.V. Sukhorukova, G.P. Revkevich “Self-oscillation processes during the structure relaxation of palladium-metal alloys (Pd—W) saturated with hydrogen” 38 317–323 (1995)

A.A. Golubkov, V.A. Makarov “Boundary conditions for electromagnetic field on the surface of media with weak spatial dispersion” 38 325–332 (1995)

Instruments and methods of investigation

V.S. Vavilov, A.R. Chelyadinskii “Impurity ion implantation into silicon single crystals: efficiency and radiation damage” 38 333–343 (1995)

Personalia

N.G. Basov, V.L. Ginzburg, N.D. Zhevandrov, N.V. Karlov, L.V. Keldysh, O.N. Krokhin, L.P. Presnyakov, A.M. Prokhorov, E.A. Sviridenkov, I.I. Sobel’man, I.L. Fabelinskii, E.L. Feinberg “Mikhail Dmitrievich Galanin (on his eightieth birthday)” 38 345–346 (1995)