Reviews of topical problems

P.F. Ermolov, A.I. Mukhin “Neutrino experiments at high energies” Sov. Phys. Usp. 21 185–214 (1978)

S.M. Polikanov, D. Chultem “Excitation of high-spin states during negative-pion absorption by atomic nuclei” Sov. Phys. Usp. 21 215–222 (1978)

S.S. Gershtein “On the probability of excitation of high-spin states in the capture of π^--mesons by nuclei” Sov. Phys. Usp. 21 223–224 (1978)

Ya.I. Azimov, L.L. Frankfurt, V.A. Khoze “New particle in e⁺e^-annihilation: the heavy lepton τ^±” Sov. Phys. Usp. 21 225–239 (1978)

A.A. Slavnov “Supersymmetric gauge theories and their possible applications to the weak and electromagnetic interactions” Sov. Phys. Usp. 21 240–251 (1978)

Physics of our days

L. Van Hove “Hadrons and quarks in high energy collisions” Sov. Phys. Usp. 21 252–264 (1978)

I.M. Dremin, C. Quigg “Clusters in hadron multiple production processes” Sov. Phys. Usp. 21 265–271 (1978)

From the history of physics

B.B. Kadomtsev, V.I. Kogan, B.M. Smirnov, V.D. Shafranov “On the fiftieth anniversary of the paper by M. A. Leontovich and L. I. Mandel’shtam (’On the theory of the Schrödinger equation’)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 21 272–273 (1978)

Personalia

A.P. Alexandrov, E.P. Velikhov, B.B. Kadomtsev, V.A. Legasov “Isaak Konstantinovich Kikoin (on his seventieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 21 274–276 (1978)