Reviews of topical problems

G.V. Danilyan “Parity violation in nuclear fission” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 323–330 (1980)

A.P. Zhilinskii, L.D. Tsendin “Collisional diffusion of a partially-ionized plasma in a magnetic field” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 331–355 (1980)

Yu.A. Izyumov “Neutron-diffraction studies of magnetic structures of crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 356–374 (1980)

V.A. Volkov, V.A. Petrov, V.B. Sandomirskii “The high-index surface—a superlattice for two-dimensional electrons” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 375–385 (1980)

V.G. Gorshkov, V.R. Dol’nik “Energetics of the biosphere” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 386–408 (1980)

From the current literature

A.I. Buzdin, L.N. Bulaevskii “Spin-Peierls transition in quasi-one-dimensional crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 409–417 (1980)

Meetings and conferences

M.D. Kislik, Yu.F. Kolyuka, V.A. Kotel’nikov, G.M. Petrov, V.F. Tikhonov “Determination of the orbits of Venus, the Earth, and Mars from 1962- 1978 radar observations of Venus and Mars” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 418–419 (1980)

V.M. Agranovich “Spectroscopy of surface polaritons and the properties of the surface” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 420–421 (1980)

K.O. Keshishev, A.Ya. Parshin, A.V. Babkin, I.L. Landau, V.P. Dzhelepov, L.I. Ponomarev “Scientific session of the Division of General Physics and Astronomy and the Division of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 420–420 (1980)

Yu.A. Osip’yan “Dislocational (quasi-one-dimensional) electrical conductivity in semiconductors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 421–422 (1980)

D.G. Lominadze, G.Z. Machabeli, A.B. Mikhailovskii, Yu.P. Ochelkov, V.V. Usov “The nature of the high-frequency radiation of pulsars, and the activity of supernova remnants” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 422–424 (1980)

A.A. Galeev, V.V. Krasnosel’skikh “Plasma mechanisms of the magnetospheric radio bursts of Jupiter” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 424–425 (1980)

Personalia

N.L. Grigorov, N.A. Dobrotin, B.A. Tverskoi, G.B. Khristiansen, A.N. Charakhch’yan, A.E. Chudakov “Sergei Nikolaevich Vernov (on his seventieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 23 426–428 (1980)