REVIEWS OF TOPICAL PROBLEMS

V.F. Gantmakher, V.T. Dolgopolov “The superconductor-insulator quantum phase transition” 53 (1) (2010)

P.K. Shukla, B. Eliasson “Nonlinear aspects of quantum plasma physics” 53 (1) (2010)

INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION

I.S. Osad’ko “The near-field microscope as a tool for studying nanoparticles” 53 (1) (2010)

METHODOLOGICAL NOTES

E.D. Trifonov, S.N. Zagoulaev “On the Bose-Einstein condensate partition function for an ideal gas” 53 (1) (2010)

G.I. Broman, O.V. Rudenko “Submerged Landau jet: exact solutions, their meaning and application” 53 (1) (2010)

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

A.V. Guglielmi “On the 70th anniversary of the Leontovich boundary condition (comments on “The generalization of the Leontovich approximation to electromagnetic fields at the insulator-metal interface” by V I Alshits and V N Lyubimov)” 53 (1) (2010)

V.I. Alshits, V.N. Lyubimov “On the anniversary of a fruitful idea” 53 (1) (2010)

PERSONALIA

E.A. Azizov, E.P. Velikhov, L.E. Zakharov, V.I. Ilgisonis, V.S. Imshennik, M.Yu. Isaev, L.M. Kovrizhnykh, V.I. Kogan, S.V. Mirnov, K.A. Razumova, V.P. Smirnov, V.S. Strelkov “Vitalii Dmitrievich Shafranov (on his 80th birthday)” 53 (1) (2010)

A.A. Abrikosov, Zh.I. Alferov, S.T. Belyaev, A.A. Boyarchuk, Yu.M. Kagan, L.V. Keldysh, V.V. Lebedev, V.A. Matveev, G.A. Mesyats, A.Ya. Parshin, L.A. Prozorova, I.M. Khalatnikov “Aleksandr Fedorovich Andreev (on his 70th birthday)” 53 (1) (2010)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

E.V. Zakharova “New books on physics and related sciences” 53 (1) (2010)

PHYSICS NEWS ON THE INTERNET

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” 53 (1) (2010)