Reviews of topical problems

E.G. Maksimov, A.E. Karakozov “On nonadiabatic effects in phonon spectra of metals” Phys. Usp. 51 535–549 (2008)

A.M. Fridman, D.V. Bisikalo “The nature of accretion disks of close binary stars: overreflection instability and developed turbulence” Phys. Usp. 51 551–576 (2008)

O.G. Onishchenko, O.A. Pokhotelov, N.M. Astaf’eva “Generation of large-scale eddies and zonal winds in planetary atmospheres” Phys. Usp. 51 577–589 (2008)

Methodological notes

A.M. Zheltikov “Colors of thin films, antiresonance phenomena in optical systems, and the limiting loss of modes in hollow optical waveguides” Phys. Usp. 51 591–600 (2008)

Conferences and symposia

A.F. Andreev, Yu.M. Kagan, L.P. Pitaevskii, I.M. Khalatnikov, A.Yu. Kamenshchik, B.L. Ioffe, L.B. Okun, L.N. Lipatov “Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences dedicated to the centenary of L D Landau’s birth (22, 23 January 2008)” Phys. Usp. 51 601–602 (2008)

A.F. Andreev “L D Landau: 100th anniversary (Introductory talk)” Phys. Usp. 51 601–602 (2008)

Yu.M. Kagan “Formation kinetics of the Bose condensate and long-range order” Phys. Usp. 51 603–603 (2008)

L.P. Pitaevskii “Superfluid Fermi liquid in a unitary regime” Phys. Usp. 51 603–608 (2008)

I.M. Khalatnikov, A.Yu. Kamenshchik “Lev Landau and the problem of singularities in cosmology” Phys. Usp. 51 609–616 (2008)

B.L. Ioffe “Axial anomaly in quantum electro- and chromodynamics and the structure of the vacuum in quantum chromodynamics” Phys. Usp. 51 616–622 (2008)

L.B. Okun “The theory of relativity and the Pythagorean theorem” Phys. Usp. 51 622–631 (2008)

L.N. Lipatov “Bjorken and Regge asymptotics of scattering amplitudes in QCD and in supersymmetric gauge models” Phys. Usp. 51 631–636 (2008)

Personalia

A.F. Andreev, A.I. Buzdin, A.A. Varlamov, Yu.Kh. Vekilov, L.P. Gor’kov, I.E. Dzyaloshinskii, Yu.M. Kagan, S.I. Mukhin, Yu.A. Osip’yan, L.P. Pitaevskii, S.M. Stishov, L.A. Falkovsky “Aleksei Alekseevich Abrikosov (on his 80th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 51 637–638 (2008)

Bibliography

E.V. Zakharova “New books on physics and related sciences” Phys. Usp. 51 639–641 (2008)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 51 643–644 (2008)