Reviews of topical problems

A.I. Olemskoi, A.Ya. Flat “Application of fractals in condensed-matter physics” Phys. Usp. 36 (12) 1087–1128 (1993)

V.S. Vorob’ev “Plasma arising during the interaction of laser radiation with solids” Phys. Usp. 36 (12) 1129–1157 (1993)

Conferences and symposia

V.M. Gordienko, N.I. Koroteev, V.T. Platonenko “Generation of superstrong optical fields on the basis on high-power femtosecond laser systems with excimer amplification and experiments on the generation of ultrashort x-ray pulses” Phys. Usp. 36 (12) 1158–1160 (1993)

Personalia

V.V. Vladimirskii, A.D. Galanin, A.S. Gerasimov, T.S. Saritskaya, B.L. Ioffe, M.V. Kazarnovskii, G.V. Kiselev, A.K. Kalugin, L.A. Martsymova, L.B. Okun, V.V. Orlov, I.V. Chuvilo, A.E. Chudakov “Aleksei Petrovich Rudik (Obituary)” Phys. Usp. 36 (12) 1161–1162 (1993)

Errata

I.A. Vasil’eva “Erratum: Fundamentals of the spectral diagnostics of gases containing a condensed dispersed phase [Phys.-Uspekhi 36, 694-732 (August 1993)]” Phys. Usp. 36 (12) 1163–1163 (1993)