Reviews of topical problems

Smirnov Boris M “Van der Waals molecules” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 1–18 (1984)

Gurevich A Vl, Mints R G “Localized waves in inhomogeneous media” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 19–41 (1984)

Kats E I “New types of ordering in liquid crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 42–59 (1984)

Shteinshleiger V B “Nonlinear scattering of radio waves by metallic objects” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 60–68 (1984)

Methodological notes

Miller M A “Charge and current electrostatics. Nonstationary sources of static fields” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 69–75 (1984)

From the current literature

Revokatova I P, Silin A P “Scanning tunneling microscopy: new method for studying solid surfaces” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 76–78 (1984)

Personalia

Aleksandrov A P, Belyaev Spartak T, Gaponov Yu V, Grechukhin D P, Gurevich I I, Kagan Yurii M, Kikoin I K, Korsunskii I L, Pazhin Yu F, Chernoplekov Nikolai A “Viktor Konstantinovich Voitovetskii (Obituary)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 79–80 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Antonov V S, Letokhov V S, Shibanov A N “Laser resonance photoionization spectroscopy of molecules” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 81–105 (1984)

Kirsanov V V, Orlov A N “Computer simulation of the atomic structure of defects in metals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 106–133 (1984)

Kontorovich V M “Dynamic equations of the theory of elasticity of metals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 134–158 (1984)

Personalia

Aleksandrov A P, Zababakhin E I, Zel’dovich Ya B, Kapitza P L, Kikoin I K, Markov M A, Semenov N N, Frenkel’ Viktor Ya, Shal’nikov A I “Yulii Borisovich Khariton (on his eightieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 159–160 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Achasov N N, Devyanin S A, Shestakov G N “The problem of scalar mesons” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 161–180 (1984)

Anisimov S I, Prokhorov A M, Fortov Vladimir E “Application of high-power lasers to study matter at ultrahigh pressures” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 181–205 (1984)

Ivlev B I, Kopnin N B “Theory of current states in narrow superconducting channels” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 206–227 (1984)

Meetings and conferences

Dobretsov Yu P, Kruglov S P “μSR-83 conference in Japan” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 228–229 (1984)

Personalia

Arnol’d Vladimir I, Barenblatt G I, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Kadomtsev Boris B, Kapitsa P L, Okun’ L B, Pitaevskii Lev P, Sagdeev Roal’d Z, Syunyaev Rashid A, Faddeev L D, Frenkel’ Viktor Ya, Khariton Yu B “Yakov Borisovich Zel’dovich (on his seventieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 230–232 (1984)

Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Zeldovich Ya B, Keldysh L V, Kirzhnits D A, Markov M A, Ritus Vladimir I, Fainberg V Ya, Feinberg Evgenii L “Efim Samoilovich Fradkin (on his sixtieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 233–234 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Borovik-Romanov A S, Bunkov Yu M, Dumesh Boris S, Kurkin M I, Petrov Mikhail P, Chekmarev V P “The spin echo in systems with a coupled electron-nuclear precession” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 235–255 (1984)

Gaidukov Yu P “Electronic properties of whiskers” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 256–272 (1984)

Spasskii B I, Moskovskii A V “Nonlocality in quantum physics” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 273–283 (1984)

Grib A A “Bell’s inequalities and experimental verification of quantum correlations at macroscopic distances” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 284–293 (1984)

From the current literature

Rappoport V M “New data on lifetimes of short-lived particles” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 294–300 (1984)

Methodological notes

Apresyan L A, Kravtsov Yu A “Photometry and coherence: wave aspects of the theory of radiation transport” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 301–313 (1984)

Personalia

Volarovich M P, Grechishnikov V A, Deryagin B V, Ishlinskii A Yu, Kadomtsev Boris B, Kapitsa S P, Solomentsev Yu M, Tsesnek L S “Aleksandr Sergeevich Akhmatov (Obituary)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 314–315 (1984)

Ansel’m A I, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Grinberg G A, Kazbekov E N, Kreps E M, Loitsyanskii L G, Sumbaev O I, Fomichev V N “Semen Efimovich Bresler (Obituary)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 316–317 (1984)

Andrianov A M, Gurevich I I, Gurfinkel’ V S, Ioffe M S, Kadomtsev Boris B, Luk’yanov S Yu, Pasternak E B, Popov I A “Samuil Markovich Osovets (Obituary)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 318–319 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Bykov A A, Dremin Igor M, Leonidov Andrei V “Potential models of quarkonium” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 321–338 (1984)

Prokhorov A M, Smolenskii G A, Ageev A N “Optical phenomena in thin-film magnetic waveguides and their technical application” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 339–362 (1984)

Volovik G E “Superfluid properties of ³He-A” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 363–384 (1984)

From the history of physics

Frank I M “A conceptual history of the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 385–395 (1984)

Personalia

Amusia M Ya, Band I M, Gorshkov V G, Efimov V, Isakov V I, Listengarten M A, Kharitonov Yu I “Lev Abramovich Sliv (Obituary)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 396–396 (1984)

Bohr Aage, Mottelson B R “Lev A. Sliv” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 397–397 (1984)

Andreeva N S, Vainshtein B K, Zhdanov Gleb S, Kurdyumov G V, Osip’yan Yurii A, Ternov I M, Fabrikant V A, Fursov V S, Yakovlev Ivan A “Valentina Ivanovna Iveronova (Obituary)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 398–399 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Makeenko Yu M “The Monte Carlo method in lattice gauge theories” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 401–430 (1984)

Andreev S P “Spectra and kinetics of systems with magnetic-impurity states in a potential with finite range” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 431–447 (1984)

Methodological notes

Shuryak E V “Stochastic trajectory generation by computer” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 448–453 (1984)

Meetings and conferences

Naumov B N, Landau I Ya “Small computer systems” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 454–455 (1984)

Migdal A A “Lattice models in quantum chromodynamics and results of computer calculations.” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 455–458 (1984)

Maksimov Evgenii G “Use of computers in the physics of the condensed state.” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 458–459 (1984)

Chernavskii Dmitrii S “Tunneling transport of electrons in biology” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 460–461 (1984)

Rubin Andrei Borisovich “Molecular mechanisms for electron transport in biological systems” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 461–462 (1984)

Gol’danskii Vitalii I, Krupyanskii Yu F “Dynamics of biopolymers and the glass model of proteins and DNA” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 462–463 (1984)

Volkov Boris A, Gorbatsevich Aleksandr A, Kopaev Yurii V “Anomalous diamagnetic properties of systems with spontaneous current” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 464–465 (1984)

Veselago Viktor G “Photomagnetism” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 465–466 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Barash Yurii S, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich “Some problems in the theory of van der Waals forces” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 467–491 (1984)

Blinov L M, Beresnev L A “Ferroelectric liquid crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 492–514 (1984)

Vol’kenshtein M V “The essence of biological evolution” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 515–537 (1984)

Meetings and conferences

Dianov Evgenii M, Karasik Aleksandr Yakovlevich, Prokhorov A M “Nonlinear optical phenomena in fiber light pipes” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 538–539 (1984)

Aleksandrov I V, Nesterova Z V “Competition of nonlinear processes of transformation of the energy of picosecond pulses in optical fibers” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 539–540 (1984)

Sisakyan I N, Shvartsburg Aleksandr B “Nonlinear waves in fiber-optics information systems” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 540–541 (1984)

Rebane K K “Phononless lines in laser spectroscopy of molecules and crystals. 1. The phononless line — an optical analog of the Mössbauer line” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 541–543 (1984)

Agranovich Vladimir M “Contemporary problems of surface spectroscopy” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 543–545 (1984)

Simonov V I “Precision structural studies of crystals with special physical properties” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 546–547 (1984)

Regel’ V R “Some problems of contemporary research on the mechanical properties of crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 547–548 (1984)

Kaminskii A A “Physics and spectroscopy of laser crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 548–550 (1984)

Gusev G A, Zheleznykh I M “On the possibility of detection of neutrinos and muons on the basis of radio radiation of cascades in natural dielectric media (antarctic ice sheet and so forth)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 550–552 (1984)

Personalia

Baldin A M, Basov N G, Govorkov B B, Markov M A, Tamm E I, Frank I M “Pavel Alekseevich Cherenkov (on his eightieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 553–554 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Shchepkin M G “Double beta decay and the neutrino mass” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 555–578 (1984)

Burshtein A I “Concentration quenching of noncoherent excitation in solutions” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 579–606 (1984)

Kazanskii A K, Fabrikant I I “Scattering of slow electrons by molecules” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 607–630 (1984)

Methodological notes

Bykov Vladimir P “Form of the Hamiltonian and the initial conditions in radiation problems” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 631–640 (1984)

Meetings and conferences

Akhiezer A I, Bar’yakhtar V G, Vlasov K B, Peletminskii S V “Rotational invariance, coupled magnetoelastic waves, and magnetoacoustic resonance” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 641–642 (1984)

Borovik-Romanov A S, Rudashevskii E G, Turov Evgenii A, Shavrov Vladimir G “Magnetoelastic effects of spontaneously broken symmetry and soft modes in magnetic phase transitions” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 642–643 (1984)

Ozhogin V I, Savchenko M A “Exchange-enhanced linear and nonlinear magnetoacoustic effects in antiferromagnets” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 643–644 (1984)

Novikov Igor D “Electrodynamics of black holes and its astrophysical applications” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 644–645 (1984)

Kovrizhnykh L M “Stellarators” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 646–646 (1984)

Likhoded Anatolii K “Tenth All-Union School on Inelastic Interactions at High Energies” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 647–648 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Tsipenyuk Yurii M, Ostapenko Yu B, Smirenkin G N, Soldatov A S “Quantum effects in low-energy photofission of heavy nuclei” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 649–667 (1984)

Turbiner A V “The eigenvalue spectrum in quantum mechanics and the nonlinearization procedure” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 668–694 (1984)

Mikhailov A S, Uporov I V “Critical phenomena in media with breeding, decay, and diffusion” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 695–714 (1984)

Vardanyan G A “Quasiparticles in quantum crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 715–730 (1984)

Physics of our days

Bunkov Yu M, Gurgenishvili G E, Kruzius M, Kharadze G A “NMR spectroscopy of rotating superfluid ³He (Soviet-Finnish Project ROTA Research)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 731–747 (1984)

Errata

Eritsyan O S “Erratum: Optical problems in the electrodynamics of gyrotropic media [Sov. Phys. Usp. 25,919 (December 1982)]” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 748–748 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Lebedev S V, Savvatimskii A I “Metals during rapid heating by dense currents” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 749–771 (1984)

Frank I M “Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation for electric and magnetic multipoles” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 772–785 (1984)

From the current literature

Dolgov A D “The magnetic monopole after its jubilee” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 786–789 (1984)

From the history of physics

“The prediction of excitons (On the 90th birthday of Ya. I. Frenkel’)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 790–796 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Alfimenkov V P “Nonconservation of parity in the elastic neutron-nucleus interaction channel” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 797–808 (1984)

Gor’kov L P “Physical phenomena in new organic conductors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 809–829 (1984)

Buzdin A I, Bulaevskii L N “Organic superconductors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 830–844 (1984)

Izyumov Yurii A “Modulated, or long-periodic, magnetic structures of crystals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 845–867 (1984)

Physics of our days

Gulyaev Yurii V, Sandomirskii V B, Sukhanov A A, Tkach Yu Ya “Physical limitations on miniaturization in microelectronics” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 868–880 (1984)

Methodological notes

Sturman B I “Collision integral for elastic scattering of electrons and phonons” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 881–884 (1984)

Askar’yan G A, Kholodilov V A “Interaction of a microwave beam with a liquid: energy conversion, possible applications” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 885–886 (1984)

From the current literature

Legusha F F “The Konstantinov effect and sound absorption in inhomogeneous media” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 887–895 (1984)

Askar’yan G A “Investigation of the Earth by means of neutrinos. Neutrino geology” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 896–900 (1984)

Reviews of topical problems

Anisovich Vladimir V, Kobrinskii M N, Nyiri J, Shabel’skii Yu M “Additive quark model and multiple production of hadrons” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 901–926 (1984)

Buzdin A I, Bulaevskii L N, Kulich M L, Panyukov S V “Magnetic superconductors” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 927–953 (1984)

Kulikov N I, Tugushev V V “Spin-density waves and itinerant antiferromagnetism in metals” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 954–976 (1984)

Methodological notes

Skrotskii G V “The Landau-Lifshitz equation revisited” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 977–979 (1984)

Personalia

Aleksandrov A P, Alferov Zh I, Basov N G, Vul B M, Zhurkov S N, Zakharchenya Boris P, Prokhorov A M, Frenkel’ Viktor Ya “Vladimir Maksimovich Tuchkevich (on his eightieth birthday)” Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 980–982 (1984)