Reviews of topical problems

Chibisov Mikhail I “Electron transitions in slow collisions of negative and positive atomic ions” Phys. Usp. 45 1–26 (2002)

Medvinskii Aleksandr B, Petrovskii Sergei V, Tikhonova Irina A, Tikhonov D A, Li B L, Venturino E, Malchow H, Ivanitskii Genrikh R “Spatio-temporal pattern formation, fractals, and chaos in conceptual ecological models as applied to coupled plankton-fish dynamics” Phys. Usp. 45 27–57 (2002)

Instruments and methods of investigation

Grafutin Viktor I, Prokop’ev Evgenii P “Positron annihilation spectroscopy in materials structure studies” Phys. Usp. 45 59–74 (2002)

Methodological notes

Sobel’man Igor I “On the theory of light scattering in gases” Phys. Usp. 45 75–80 (2002)

From the history of physics

Feinberg Evgenii L “The forefather (about Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam)” Phys. Usp. 45 81–100 (2002)

Personalia

Aseev A L, Batyev E G, L’vov V S, Kikoin K A, Magarill L I, Sadovskii M V, Chaplik Alexander V, Chernyshev A L, Entin M V “In memory of Viktor Iosifovich Belinicher” Phys. Usp. 45 101–102 (2002)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 45 103–105 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 107–108 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Izyumov Yurii A, Proshin Yurii N, Khusainov Mensur G “Competition between superconductivity and magnetism in ferromagnet/superconductor heterostructures” Phys. Usp. 45 109–148 (2002)

Astapenko Valerii A, Bureeva Lyudmila A, Lisitsa Valerii S “Polarization effects in atomic transitions” Phys. Usp. 45 149–184 (2002)

Turov Evgenii A, Mirsaev I F, Nikolaev Vladimir V “Unusual acoustic birefringence phenomena in antiferromagnets” Phys. Usp. 45 185–203 (2002)

Physics of our days

Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich “On some advances in physics and astronomy over the past three years” Phys. Usp. 45 205–211 (2002)

Gliner Erast B “Inflationary universe and the vacuumlike state of physical medium” Phys. Usp. 45 213–220 (2002)

Conferences and symposia

Galiulin Ravil V “Crystallographic picture of the world” Phys. Usp. 45 221–225 (2002)

Vekilov Yurii Kh “Electronic conductivity of icosahedral quasi-crystals” Phys. Usp. 45 225–226 (2002)

Letters to the editors

Shpinel’ Vladimir S “Remarks on the paper by G A Goncharov and L D Ryabev ’The development of the first Soviet atomic bomb ’” Phys. Usp. 45 227–228 (2002)

Goncharov German A, Ryabev Lev D “About V S Shpinel’s remarks on the review ’The development of the first Soviet atomic bomb’” Phys. Usp. 45 228–230 (2002)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 45 231–232 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 233–234 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Platonov Konstantin Yu, Fleishman G D “Transition radiation in media with random inhomogeneities” Phys. Usp. 45 235–291 (2002)

Anisimov S I, Luk’yanchuk B S “Selected problems of laser ablation theory” Phys. Usp. 45 293–324 (2002)

Methodological notes

Kazantsev Vladimir P “An example illustrating the potentiality and peculiarities of a variational approach to electrostatic problems” Phys. Usp. 45 325–330 (2002)

Vinogradov Aleksei P “On the form of constitutive equations in electrodynamics” Phys. Usp. 45 331–338 (2002)

Personalia

Barkov L M, Vinokurov Nikolai A, Dikanskii N S, Kruglyakov Eduard P, Mezentsev N A, Parkhomchuk V V, Sidorov Vladimir A, Skrinskii A N, Tikhonov Yu A, Tumaikin German M, Chirikov B V, Shatunov Yurii M “Gennadii Nikolaevich Kulipanov (on his sixtieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 45 339–340 (2002)

Letters to the editors

Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich “Some remarks on the radiation of charges and multipoles uniformly moving in a medium” Phys. Usp. 45 341–344 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 345–346 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Kalashnikova Yuliya S, Nefed’ev Aleksei V “Two-dimensional QCD in the Coulomb gauge” Phys. Usp. 45 347–368 (2002)

Eletskii Aleksandr V “Carbon nanotubes and their emission properties” Phys. Usp. 45 369–402 (2002)

Filonenko A D “Superhigh-energy cosmic ray detection using shower radioemission” Phys. Usp. 45 403–432 (2002)

Conferences and symposia

Stishov Sergei M “The discovery story” Phys. Usp. 45 433–435 (2002)

Luo S-N, Mosenfelder J L, Asimow P D, Ahrens T J “Stishovite and its implications in geophysics: new results from shock-wave experiments and theoretical modeling” Phys. Usp. 45 435–439 (2002)

Pushcharovskii Dmitrii Yu “Minerals of the deep geospheres” Phys. Usp. 45 439–444 (2002)

Bendeliani Nikolai A “Hydrothermal growth of stishovite (SiO₂)” Phys. Usp. 45 444–445 (2002)

Popova Svetlana V, Brazhkin Vadim V, Voloshin Roman N, Grimsditch Markos “Temperature-induced solid-phase amorphization of stishovite” Phys. Usp. 45 445–447 (2002)

Brazhkin Vadim V, Grimsditch Markos, Guedes I, Bendeliani Nikolai A, Dyuzheva T I, Lityagina L M “Elastic moduli and the mechanical properties of stishovite single crystals” Phys. Usp. 45 447–448 (2002)

Personalia

Gordeev V A, Grafutin Viktor I, Danilov Mikhail V, Danilyan G V, Davydov A V, Dzheparov Fridrikh S, Leksin G A, Nikol’skii B A, Okun Lev B, Ponomarev L I, Suvorov A L, Terekhov Yu V “In memory of Vladimir Grigor’evich Firsov” Phys. Usp. 45 449–450 (2002)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 45 451–453 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 454–454 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Kiselev Valerii V, Likhoded Anatolii K “Baryons with two heavy quarks” Phys. Usp. 45 455–506 (2002)

Dremin Igor M “Multiparticle production and quantum chromodynamics” Phys. Usp. 45 507–525 (2002)

Zhernov Arkadii P, Inyushkin Alexander V “Kinetic coefficients in isotopically disordered crystals” Phys. Usp. 45 527–552 (2002)

Methodological notes

Niz’ev Vladimir G “Dipole-wave theory of electromagnetic diffraction” Phys. Usp. 45 553–559 (2002)

Stepanov Nikolai S, Shisharin Alexandr V “Measuring the gravitational constant in a university laboratory” Phys. Usp. 45 561–564 (2002)

Personalia

Andreev Aleksandr F, Bar’yakhtar V G, Vedyaev Anatolii V, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Gulyaev Yurii V, Zil’bervarg V E, Izyumov Yurii A, Kamilov Ibragimkhan K, Kugel’ Kliment I, Ovchinnikov Sergei G, Khomskii D I, Shavrov Vladimir G “In memory of Eduard Leonovich Nagaev” Phys. Usp. 45 565–566 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 567–567 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Maleev Sergei V “Polarized neutron scattering in magnets” Phys. Usp. 45 569–596 (2002)

Sarkisov Gari N “Molecular distribution functions of stable, metastable and amorphous classical models” Phys. Usp. 45 597–617 (2002)

Ataullakhanov F I, Zarnitsyna Veronika I, Kondratovich Andrei Yu, Lobanova Ekaterina S, Sarbash Vasilii I “A new class of stopping self-sustained waves: a factor determining the spatial dynamics of blood coagulation” Phys. Usp. 45 619–636 (2002)

Methodological notes

Ingel’ Lev Kh “’Negative heat capacity’ in stratified fluids” Phys. Usp. 45 637–644 (2002)

Conferences and symposia

Aksenov Viktor L “Neutron scattering by cuprate high-temperature superconductors” Phys. Usp. 45 645–649 (2002)

Ponomarev Yaroslav G “Tunneling and Andreev spectroscopies of high-temperature superconductors” Phys. Usp. 45 649–655 (2002)

Kopaev Yurii V “High-temperature superconductivity models” Phys. Usp. 45 655–659 (2002)

Chernoplekov Nikolai A “State of the art in applied high-current superconductivity” Phys. Usp. 45 659–665 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 666–666 (2002)

Personalia

Alferov Zh I, Andreev Aleksandr F, Bagaev S N, Boyarchuk Aleksandr A, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Keldysh L V, Kopaev Yurii V, Mesyats Gennadii A, Popov Yurii M, Sobel’man Igor I, Feinberg Evgenii L “Oleg Nikolaevich Krokhin (on his seventieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 45 667–668 (2002)

Andreev I V, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Gurevich Aleksandr V, Dremin Igor M, , Keldysh L V, Krokhin Oleg N, Ritus Vladimir I, Roizen Il’ya I, Ter-Mikhaelyan Mikhail L, Fainberg V Ya, Chernavskii Dmitrii S “Evgenii L’vovich Feinberg (on his ninetieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 45 669–670 (2002)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 45 671–673 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Selivanov Konstantin G “Counting vacua in supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory” Phys. Usp. 45 675–686 (2002)

Zheltikov Aleksei M “Ultrashort light pulses in hollow waveguides” Phys. Usp. 45 687–718 (2002)

Ivanov Vladimir V “Periodic weather and climate variations” Phys. Usp. 45 719–752 (2002)

Methodological notes

Burenin Alexander V “Symmetry of quantum intramolecular dynamics” Phys. Usp. 45 753–776 (2002)

Personalia

Abov Yurii G, Alekseev I G, Vladimirskii V V, Danilov Mikhail V, Danilyan G V, Ioffe Boris L, Kaidalov A B, Kanavets V P, Kirpichnikov I V, Okun Lev B, Suvorov A L, Ter-Martirosyan K A “In memory of Iosif Iosifovich Levintov” Phys. Usp. 45 777–778 (2002)

Alferov Zh I, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Zakharchenya Boris P, Kagan Yurii M, Keldysh L V, Kopaev Yurii V, Mesyats Gennadii A, Osipov Yurii S, Osip’yan Yurii A, Ustinov Vladimir V, Kharus G I, Chereshnev V A “In memory of Isaak Mikhailovich Tsidil’kovskii” Phys. Usp. 45 779–780 (2002)

Alferov Zh I, Andreev Aleksandr F, Boyarchuk Aleksandr A, Bunkin F V, Dianov Evgenii M, Karlov N V, Konov Vitalii I, Mesyats Gennadii A, Osiko V V, Pashinin Pavel P, Fortov Vladimir E, Shcherbakov Ivan A “In memory of Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov” Phys. Usp. 45 781–782 (2002)

Letters to the editors

Golokhvastov Alexander I “Quantum mechanics in the experimenter’s eyes (comment on the article by M B Menskii)” Phys. Usp. 45 783–786 (2002)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 45 787–789 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 790–790 (2002)

Errata

Kopaev Yurii V “Errata to the paper by Yu V Kopaev ’High-temperature superconductivity models’ [Physics-Uspekhi, June 2002, 45 (6) 655-659]” Phys. Usp. 45 791–791 (2002)

Stepanov Nikolai S, Shisharin Alexandr V “Errata to the paper by N S Stepanov and A V Shisharin ’Measuring the gravitational constant in a university laboratory’ [Physics-Uspekhi, May 2002, 45 (5) 561-564]” Phys. Usp. 45 791–791 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Andronova Irina A, Malykin Grigorii B “Physical problems of fiber gyroscopy based on the Sagnac effect” Phys. Usp. 45 793–817 (2002)

Volkov Boris A, Ryabova Ludmila I, Khokhlov Dmitrii R “Mixed-valence impurities in lead telluride-based solid solutions” Phys. Usp. 45 819–846 (2002)

Vorontsov Yurii I “The phase of an oscillator in quantum theory. What is it ’in reality’?” Phys. Usp. 45 847–868 (2002)

Instruments and methods of investigation

Asinovskii Erik I, Kirillin Alexander V, Kostanovskii Alexander V “Experimental investigation of the thermal properties of carbon at high temperatures and moderate pressures” Phys. Usp. 45 869–882 (2002)

Conferences and symposia

Balega Yurii Yu “Brown dwarfs: substars without nuclear reactions” Phys. Usp. 45 883–886 (2002)

Oraevskii V N, Sobel’man Igor I, Zhitnik I A, Kuznetsov Vladimir D “Comprehensive solar studies by CORONAS-F satellite: new results” Phys. Usp. 45 886–896 (2002)

Cherepashchuk Anatolii M “Wolf-Rayet stars and relativistic objects” Phys. Usp. 45 896–900 (2002)

Tsvetkov Dmitrii Yu “Type Ib/c supernovae: new observational data” Phys. Usp. 45 900–902 (2002)

Personalia

Asinovskii Erik I, Vizgin Vladimir P, Ginzburg Vitalii Lazarevich, Ivanov Yu A, Il’ina T D, Kirsanov V S, Lebedev Yurii A, Norman G E, Orel V M, Plate Nikolai A, Slovetskii Dmitrii I, Fortov Vladimir E “In memory of Lev Solomonovich Polak” Phys. Usp. 45 903–905 (2002)

Letters to the editors

Malykin Grigorii B “Sagnac effect in a rotating frame of reference. Relativistic Zeno paradox” Phys. Usp. 45 907–909 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 910–910 (2002)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 45 911–914 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Marshakov Andrei V “String theory or field theory?” Phys. Usp. 45 915–954 (2002)

Silin Viktor P “Kinetics of weakly collisional plasma” Phys. Usp. 45 955–976 (2002)

Chernavskii Dmitrii S, Starkov Nikolai I, Shcherbakov Andrei V “On some problems of physical economics” Phys. Usp. 45 977–997 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 998–998 (2002)

Personalia

Abov Yurii G, Boreskov Konstantin G, Vladimirskii V V, Danilov Mikhail V, Danilyan G V, Dyatlov I T, Ioffe Boris L, Kaidalov A B, Kancheli O V, Okun Lev B, Simonov Yurii A, Suvorov A L “Karen Avetovich Ter-Martirosyan (on his eightieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 45 999–1000 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Mesyats Gennadii A, Barengol’ts Sergei A “Mechanism of anomalous ion generation in vacuum arcs” Phys. Usp. 45 1001–1018 (2002)

Miterev Anatolii M “Theoretical aspects of the formation and evolution of charged particle tracks” Phys. Usp. 45 1019–1050 (2002)

Kandaurova Gerta S “New phenomena in the low-frequency dynamics of magnetic domain ensembles” Phys. Usp. 45 1051–1072 (2002)

Borisyuk G N, Borisyuk R M, Kazanovich Yakov B, Ivanitskii Genrikh R “Models of neural dynamics in brain information processing — the developments of ’the decade’” Phys. Usp. 45 1073–1095 (2002)

Methodological notes

Veselago Viktor G “Formulating Fermat’s principle for light traveling in negative refraction materials” Phys. Usp. 45 1097–1099 (2002)

Bibliography

Rudenko Oleg V “About the journal Physics in Higher Education” Phys. Usp. 45 1101–1103 (2002)

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 45 1105–1106 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 1107–1108 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Dubinov Alexander E, Kornilova Inna Yu, Selemir Victor D “Collective ion acceleration in systems with a virtual cathode” Phys. Usp. 45 1109–1129 (2002)

Krupyanskii Yu F, Gol’danskii Vitalii I “Dynamical properties and energy landscape of simple globular proteins” Phys. Usp. 45 1131–1151 (2002)

Methodological notes

Kukushkin Aleksandr V “An invariant formulation of the potential integration method for the vortical equation of motion of a material point” Phys. Usp. 45 1153–1164 (2002)

Gantmakher Vsevolod F “Chemical localization” Phys. Usp. 45 1165–1174 (2002)

Conferences and symposia

Davydov Valerii A “A magnetically ordered state of carbon based on polymerized fullerene C₆₀” Phys. Usp. 45 1175–1178 (2002)

Stetsenko Pavel N, Antipov S D, Goryunov G E, Smirnitskaya G V, Surikov V V, Kolumbaev A L “Local magnetic states and hyperfine interactions in magnetic superlattices and spin-tunnel junctions” Phys. Usp. 45 1178–1182 (2002)

Zvezdin Anatolii K, Kostyuchenko Viktor V, Platonov V V, Plis V I, Popov A I, Selemir Victor D, Tatsenko O M “Magnetic molecular nanoclusters in strong magnetic fields” Phys. Usp. 45 1183–1185 (2002)

Mukhin Aleksandr A, Prokhorov A S, Gorshunov B P, Zvezdin Anatolii K, Travkin V D, Dressel M “Submillimeter spectroscopy of electron transitions and the macroscopic quantum tunneling of magnetization in molecular nanoclusters” Phys. Usp. 45 1186–1191 (2002)

Smirnov Aleksandr I, Glazkov V N “Defects in spin-gap magnets: multispin clusters” Phys. Usp. 45 1192–1195 (2002)

Personalia

Vasil’ev V V, Danilov Mikhail V, Danilyan G V, Dzheparov Fridrikh S, Elyutin N O, Krupchitskii P A, Lobashev Vladimir M, Nazarenko V A, Okun Lev B, Rumyantsev Aleksandr Yu, Skrinskii A N, Suvorov A L “Yurii Georgievich Abov (on his eightieth birthday)” Phys. Usp. 45 1197–1197 (2002)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 45 1199–1200 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 1201–1202 (2002)

Reviews of topical problems

Kolobyanina Tat’yana N “’Weird’ crystal structures of elements at high pressure” Phys. Usp. 45 1203–1211 (2002)

Vinogradov Evgenii A “Semiconductor microcavity polaritons” Phys. Usp. 45 1213–1250 (2002)

Smirnov Boris M “Kinetics of electrons in gases and condensed systems” Phys. Usp. 45 1251–1286 (2002)

Methodological notes

Saranin Vladimir A “Electric field strength of charged conducting balls and the breakdown of the air gap between them” Phys. Usp. 45 1287–1292 (2002)

Conferences and symposia

Merkulov Igor’ A “Spin systems of quantum dots” Phys. Usp. 45 1293–1296 (2002)

Vedyaev Anatolii V “Use of spin-polarized current in spintronics” Phys. Usp. 45 1296–1299 (2002)

Ivchenko Eugeniyus L “Circular photogalvanic effect in nanostructures” Phys. Usp. 45 1299–1303 (2002)

Krokhin Oleg N “Laser fusion: state of the art and prospects” Phys. Usp. 45 1305–1306 (2002)

Letokhov V S “Lasing in space” Phys. Usp. 45 1306–1309 (2002)

Personalia

Vavilov Yu N, Gurevich Aleksandr V, Zhdanov G B, Zatsepin G T, Krokhin Oleg N, Lebedev Andrei N, Silin Viktor P, Slavatinskii S A, Sobel’man Igor I, Fabelinskii Immanuil L, Fainberg V Ya, Yakovlev V I “In memory of Sergei Ivanovich Nikol’skii” Phys. Usp. 45 1311–1312 (2002)

Andreev Aleksandr F, Boyarchuk Aleksandr A, Braginskii Vladimir B, Gaponov-Grekhov Andrei V, Gulyaev Yurii V, Zheleznyakov V V, Kotel’nikov V A, Krokhin Oleg N, Logginov Aleksandr S, Oraevskii V N, Sadovnichii V A, Trukhin V I “In memory of Vladimir Vasil’evich Migulin” Phys. Usp. 45 1313–1314 (2002)

Bibliography

Zakharova Elena V “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 45 1315–1319 (2002)

Physics news on the internet

Eroshenko Yurii N “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 45 1321–1322 (2002)