Reviews of topical problems

S.N. Artemenko, A.F. Volkov “Electric fields and collective oscillations in superconductors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 295–310 (1979)

I.S. Osad’ko “Determination of electron-phonon coupling from structured optical spectra of impurity centers” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 311–329 (1979)

M.B. Partenskii “Self-consistent electron theory of a metallic surface” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 330–351 (1979)

Yu.M. Gal’perin, V.L. Gurevich, V.I. Kozub “Nonlinear effects in the propagation of high-frequency sound in normal conductors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 352–367 (1979)

Methodological notes

V.D. Shafranov “Virial theorem for a system of charged particles” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 368–370 (1979)

R.P. Poplavskii “Maxwell demon and the correspondence between information and entropy” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 371–380 (1979)

Meetings and conferences

D.F. Alferov, Yu.A. Bashmakov, K.A. Belovintsev, E.G. Bessonov, P.A. Cherenkov “Sources of undulator radiation (Theory, Experiment, Applications)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 381–383 (1979)

Yu.M. Aleksandrov, A.D. Krivospitskii, M.N. Yakimenko “X-ray lithography in synchrotron radiation beams” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 383–384 (1979)

A.N. Artem’ev, V.A. Kabannik, Yu.N. Kazakov, G.N. Kulipanov, E.A. Meleshko, V.V. Sklyarevskii, A.N. Skrinskii, E.P. Stepanov, V.B. Khlestov, A.I. Chechin “An experiment in excitation of a Mössbauer level of ⁵⁷Fe with synchrotron radiation” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 384–385 (1979)

A.A. Vazina “Investigation of the dynamics of structural changes in biomolecular systems by methods of high-speed diffractometry with synchrotron radiation” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 385–386 (1979)

S.P. Kapitsa “Present and future sources of synchrotron radiation” Sov. Phys. Usp. 22 386–387 (1979)