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, 61.50.Ks, 64.70.Kb (all) DOI: 10.1070/PU2008v051n10ABEH006616 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2008/10/i/ 000262714300008 2-s2.0-67849116833 2008PhyU...51.1064P Citation: Popova S V, Brazhkin V V, Dyuzheva T I "Structural phase transitions in highly compressed substances and the synthesis of high-pressure phases" Phys. Usp. 51 1064–1066 (2008) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Попова С В, Бражкин В В, Дюжева Т И «Структурные фазовые переходы в сильно сжатом веществе и синтез фаз высокого давления» УФН 178 1104–1106 (2008); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0178.200810j.1104