Reviews of topical problems

A.M. Bonch-Bruevich, V.A. Khodovoi “Multiphoton processes” Sov. Phys. Usp. 8 1–38 (1965)

I.M. Podgornyi “Confinement of high-density plasma in adiabatic traps” Sov. Phys. Usp. 8 39–51 (1965)

L.V. Al’tshuler “Use of shock waves in high-pressure physics” Sov. Phys. Usp. 8 52–91 (1965)

A.D. Danilov, G.S. Ivanov-Kholodnyi “Research on ion-molecule reactions and dissociative recombination in the upper atmosphere and in the laboratory” Sov. Phys. Usp. 8 92–116 (1965)

V.M. Lopukhin, A.S. Roshal’ “Electron-beam transverse-wave parametric amplifiers” Sov. Phys. Usp. 8 117–139 (1965)

From the current literature

M.V. Terent’ev “Possible nonconservation of combined parity in weak interactions” Sov. Phys. Usp. 8 140–142 (1965)

Chronicle

N.V. Karlov, O.N. Krokhin “The 1964 Nobel prize in physics” Sov. Phys. Usp. 8 143–144 (1965)

Letters to the editors

A.N. Zaidel’ “Concerning the estimate of measurement errors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 8 145–145 (1965)