Reviews of topical problems

E.B. Aleksandrov, Yu.M. Golubev, A.V. Lomakin, V.A. Noskin “Intensity-fluctuation spectroscopy of optical fields with non-Gaussian statistics” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 643–663 (1983)

V.L. Bonch-Bruevich “Problems of the electron theory of disordered semiconductors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 664–695 (1983)

I.K. Kamilov, Kh.K. Aliev “Second-order phase transitions in ferromagnetic materials in weak fields near the Curie point” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 696–712 (1983)

Methodological notes

V.L. Ginzburg “The nature of spontaneous radiation” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 713–719 (1983)

Meetings and conferences

A.M. Prokhorov “Physics in the USSR: stages in a long journey” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 720–726 (1983)

G.B. Abdullaev “Achievements in physics in Azerbaidzhan” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 726–729 (1983)

Kh.I. Amirkhanov “Development of physics in Dagestan” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 730–737 (1983)

O.D. Dal’karov, V.M. Kolybasov “Scientific session of the Nuclear Physics Division of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 738–740 (1983)

S.V. Vonsovskii “Anniversary session of the Scientific Council on the Problem of the Physics of Magnetic Phenomena of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 741–744 (1983)

Personalia

N.N. Bogolyubov, S.M. Bilen’kii, V.P. Dzhelepov, Ya.B. Zel’dovich, A.A. Logunov, M.A. Markov, Yu.D. Prokoshkin, I.M. Frank, A.E. Chudakov “Bruno Maksimovich Pontecorvo (on his seventieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 26 745–746 (1983)