Reviews of topical problems

F. Laloë, M. Leduc, P.-J. Nacher, L.N. Novikov, G. Tastevin “Optical polarization of helium-3 nuclei” 28 941–955 (1985)

A.V. Eletskii, B.M. Smirnov “Dissociative attachment of an electron to a molecule” 28 956–971 (1985)

A.P. Silin “Semiconductor superlattices” 28 972–993 (1985)

M.I. Klinger, Ch.B. Lushchik, T.V. Mashovets, G.A. Kholodar’, M.K. Sheinkman, M.A. Élango “Defect formation in solids by decay of electronic excitations” 28 994–1014 (1985)

New instruments and measurement methods

V.A. Kizel’ “Induction of gyrotropy as a new method of study in the physics of condensed media” 28 1015–1030 (1985)

From the current literature

V.K. Popov “High-power excimer lasers and new sources of coherent radiation in the vacuum ultraviolet” 28 1031–1041 (1985)

A.A. Karabutov “Laser excitation of surface acoustic waves: a new direction in opto-acoustic spectroscopy of a solid” 28 1042–1051 (1985)

Meetings and conferences

G.Ya. Smol’kov, T.A. Treskov, A.A. Pistol’kors “Commissioning of the Siberian Solar Radiotelescope and the results of first observations” 28 1052–1054 (1985)

A.E. Chudakov “Search for heavy magnetic monopoles in an experiment at the Baksan underground scintillation telescope” 28 1054–1055 (1985)

Personalia

A.P. Aleksandrov, Yu.N. Babaev, N.G. Basov, E.P. Velikhov, Ya.B. Zel’dovich, A.A. Logunov, E.A. Negin, A.I. Pavlovskii, A.M. Prokhorov, A.A. Samarskii, A.N. Tikhonov, Yu.A. Trutnev, L.P. Feoktistov, Yu.B. Khariton “Evgenii Ivanovich Zababakhin (Obituary)” 28 1056–1057 (1985)