Reviews of topical problems

V.D. Rusanov, A.A. Fridman, G.V. Sholin “The physics of a chemically active plasma with nonequilibrium vibrational excitation of molecules” 24 447–474 (1981)

A.V. Eletskii “Processes in chemical lasers” 24 475–495 (1981)

G.S. Chilaya, L.N. Lisetskii “Helical twist in cholesteric mesophases” 24 496–510 (1981)

G.A. Petrakovskii “Amorphous magnetic materials” 24 511–525 (1981)

Personalia

N.N. Bogolyubov, S.N. Vernov, V.S. Vladimirov, A.A. Logunov, M.K. Polivanov, V.E. Troitskii, D.V. Shirkov “Yurii Mikhailovich Shirokov (Obituary)” 24 526–527 (1981)

Yu.I. Manin, M.A. Markov, S.P. Novikov, V.I. Ogievetskii, V.Ya. Fainberg, E.S. Fradkin “Feliks Aleksandrovich Berezin (Obituary)” 24 528–529 (1981)