Reviews of topical problems

Ya.B. Zeldovich, V.S. Popov “Electronic structure of superheavy atoms” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 673–694 (1972)

V.N. Baier “Radiative polarization of electrons in storage rings” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 695–714 (1972)

A.A. Vedenov, A.M. Dykhne, M.D. Frank-Kamenetskii “The helix-coil transition in DNA” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 715–736 (1972)

V.N. Pokrovskii “Stresses, viscosity, and optical anisotropy of a Moving suspension of rigid ellipsoids” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 737–746 (1972)

G.G. Petrash “PULSED GAS-DISCHARGE LASERS” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 747–765 (1972)

A.B. Roitsin “Electric effects in paramagnetic resonance” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 766–782 (1972)

Methodological notes

B.Sh. Perkal’skis “Demonstration of the ramsauer effect” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 783–783 (1972)

V.I. Arabadzhi “Model demonstration of brownian motion” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 784–784 (1972)

Meetings and conferences

S.A. Azimov “Major Research Trends in the Fields of Physics and Astronomy at the Institutes of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 785–787 (1972)

U.A. Arifov “Basic Achievements and Problems in Research on the Interaction of Atomic Particles with the Surfaces of Solids” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 787–788 (1972)

E.I. Adirovich “Major Research Trends in the Fields of Physics and Astronomy at the Institute of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 788–789 (1972)

V.P. Shcheglov “Prospects for the Development of Astronomy in Uzbekistan” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 789–792 (1972)

M.S. Saidov “Joint Impurity Distributions in Semiconductors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 792–792 (1972)

P.V. Shcheglov “Astroclimatic Conditions in Central Asia and Kazakhstan” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 792–794 (1972)

G.Ya. Umarov “Development of Research on the Utilization of Solar Energy within the System of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 794–796 (1972)

N.B. Lezhnev “Acoustic Investigations of Liquids at Microwave Frequencies” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 796–797 (1972)

Ya.A. Agaev “Research in the Field of Semiconductor Physics at the Physico-technical Institute of the Turkmenian Academy of Sciences” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 797–798 (1972)

M. Berkeliev, G.G. Dzhemilev, A. Muradov, O. Ovezgel’dyev, M. Shirmamedov “Certain Results from Study of the Physics of the Ionosphere” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 798–800 (1972)

Kh. Gul’medov, A.P. Savrukhin “Research in Astrophysics and the Physics of the Upper Atmosphere in the Turkmenian SSR” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 800–800 (1972)

A. Ashirov, A.V. Anikin, O. Gandymov, A.S. Vasilevskaya “Results of X-ray Structural and X-ray Spectral Investigations of Certain Compounds” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 800–801 (1972)

V.M. Agranovich, V.L. Ginzburg “Scattering of Light with Formation of Excitons” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 801–801 (1972)

G.A. Smolenskii “Certain Problems in the Physics of Nonmetals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 801–802 (1972)

U.Kh. Kopvillem, V.N. Osipov, B.P. Smolyakov, R.Z. Sharipov “Analogs of Electron Spin Echo in Ferroelectrics and Glasses” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 802–803 (1972)

V.A. Krat “First Results from the Third Flight of the Soviet Solar Stratospheric Observatory” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 804–804 (1972)

V.N. Kuril’chik “Relativistic Electrons in Extragalactic Radio Sources” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 804–805 (1972)

Yu.N. Denisyuk, V.I. Sukhanov “Holography in Two-dimensional and Three-dimensional Media” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 805–806 (1972)

M.I. D’yakonov, B.P. Zakharchenya, V.I. Perel’, S.I. Safarov, V.G. Fleisher “Orientation of Electron Spins in Semiconductors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 806–807 (1972)

Yu.M. Gal’perin, P.E. Zil’berman, S.N. Ivanov, V.D. Kagan, G.D. Mansfel’d “A New Type of Acoustoelectric Nonlinearity (Nonlinear Landau Damping of Sound Waves)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 808–808 (1972)

A.A. Mikhailov “The Motion of the Earth’s Poles” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 808–809 (1972)

Yu.M. Kagan, E.G. Brovman “The Problem of Metallic Hydrogen” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 809–811 (1972)

V.B. Braginskii, V.I. Panov “The Equivalence of Inertial and Gravitational Masses” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 811–811 (1972)

Ya.B. Zel’dovich, L.P. Pitaevskii, V.S. Popov, A.A. Starobinskii “Pair Production in a Field of Heavy Nuclei and in a Gravitational Field” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 811–813 (1972)

A.B. Migdal “Vacuum Stability and Limiting Fields” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 813–813 (1972)

A.Z. Dolginov “Physical Processes in Comets” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 813–814 (1972)

A.F. Aleksandrov, A.A. Rukhadze “Heavy-current Electric-discharge Light Sources” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 814–815 (1972)

V.N. Andreev, A.G. Aronov, F.A. Chudnovskiĭ “The Phase Transformation in V₂O₃ in an Electric Field” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 815–816 (1972)

Personalia

A.A. Pomerantsev “Aleksandr Savvich Predvoditelev (on his eightieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 14 817–818 (1972)