Reviews of topical problems

V.E. Zakharov, E.A. Kuznetsov “Hamiltonian formalism for nonlinear waves” 40 1087–1116 (1997)

B.M. Smirnov “Processes in plasma and gases involving clusters” 40 1117–1147 (1997)

B.Z. Katsenelenbaum, E.N. Korshunova, A.N. Sivov, A.D. Shatrov “Chiral electromagnetic objects” 40 1149–1160 (1997)

Physics of our days

I.B. Khriplovich “The discovery of the nuclear anapole moment” 40 1161–1162 (1997)

A.P. Nefedov, O.F. Petrov, V.E. Fortov “Quasicrystalline structures in strongly coupled dusty plasma” 40 1163–1173 (1997)

Instruments and methods of investigation

R.Z. Bakhtizin, T. Hashizume, Q.-K. Xue, T. Sakurai “Atomic structures on a GaAs(001) surface grown by molecular beam epitaxy” 40 1175–1187 (1997)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” 40 1188–1188 (1997)

Conferences and symposia

A.L. Suvorov “43rd International Field Emission Symposium (Moscow, July 14-19, 1996)” 40 1189–1191 (1997)

Personalia

E.G. Berezhko, V.L. Ginzburg, G.A. Zherebtsov, G.T. Zatsepin, V.E. Zuev, V.P. Larionov, S.I. Nikol’skii, A.N. Skrinskii, E.L. Feinberg, A.E. Chudakov, D.V. Shirkov “Germogen Filippovich Krymskii (on his sixtieth birthday)” 40 1193–1194 (1997)