A scientific outreach session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) was held on 23 April 2008 at the Institute for High Pressure Physics, RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region. The session was devoted to the 50th anniversary of the Institute. The following reports were presented:

1. Stishov S M (Institute for High Pressure Physics, RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region) “The Institute for High Pressure Physics is now 50 (opening address)”;
2. Khvostantsev L G, Slesarev V N (Institute for High Pressure Physics, RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region) “Large-volume high-pressure devices for physical investigations”;
3. Popova S V, Brazhkin V V, Dyuzheva T I (Institute for High Pressure Physics, RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region) “Structural phase transitions in highly compressed substances and the synthesis of high-pressure phases”;
4. Dzhavadov L N, Gromnitskaya E L, Stepanov G N, Timofeev Yu A (Institute for High Pressure Physics, RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region) “Studies of the thermodynamic, elastic, superconducting, and magnetic properties of substances at high pressures”;
5. Dizhur E M, Venttsel V A, Voronovskii A N (Institute for High Pressure Physics, RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region), “Quantum transport at high pressures”;
6. Ryzhov V N, Barabanov A F, Magnitskaya M V, Tareyeva E E (Institute for High Pressure Physics, RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region) “Theoretical studies of condensed matter”;
7. Bugakov V I, Antanovich A A, Konyaev Yu S, Slesarev V N (Institute for High Pressure Physics, RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region) “Designing new construction and superhard materials and related tools.”

PACS: 01.65.+g, 07.35.+k, 61.50.Ks, 62.50.−p, 64.70.kd, 71.15.−m, 71.18.+y, 73.20.−r, 74.20.−z, 74.70.−b, 75.10.−b (all) DOI: 10.1070/PU2008v051n10ABEH006796 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2008/10/f/ 000262714300006 2008PhyU...51.1055S Citation: Stishov S M, Khvostantsev L G, Slesarev V N, Popova S V, Brazhkin V V, Dyuzheva T I, Dzhavadov L N, Gromnitskaya E L, Stepanov G N, Timofeev Yu A, Dizhur E M, Venttsel V A, Voronovskii A N, Ryzhov V N, Barabanov A F, Magnitskaya M V, Tareyeva E E "On the 50th anniversary of the L F Vereshchagin Institute for High Pressure Physics, RAS (Scientific outreach session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 23 April 2008)" Phys. Usp. 51 1055–1083 (2008) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Стишов С М, Хвостанцев Л Г, Слесарев В Н, Попова С В, Бражкин В В, Дюжева Т И, Джавадов Л Н, Громницкая Е Л, Степанов Г Н, Тимофеев Ю А, Дижур Е М, Вентцель В А, Вороновский А Н, Рыжов В Н, Барабанов А Ф, Магницкая М В, Тареева Е Е «К 50-летию Института физики высоких давлений им. Л.Ф. Верещагина. Выездная научная сессия Отделения физических наук Российской академии наук, 23 апреля 2008 г.» УФН 178 1095–1124 (2008); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0178.200810g.1095