Reviews of topical problems

E.S. Belenkaya “Magnetospheres of planets with an intrinsic magnetic field” Phys. Usp. 52 765–788 (2009)

N.B. Ivanova, S.G. Ovchinnikov, M.M. Korshunov, I.M. Eremin, N.V. Kazak “Specific features of spin, charge, and orbital ordering in cobaltites” Phys. Usp. 52 789–810 (2009)

Methodological notes

A.A. Shatskii “The sky of a universe as seen through a wormhole” Phys. Usp. 52 811–814 (2009)

V.I. Alshits, V.N. Lyubimov “Generalization of the Leontovich approximation for electromagnetic fields on a dielectric — metal interface” Phys. Usp. 52 815–820 (2009)

M.I. Krivoruchenko “Rotation of the swing plane of Foucault’s pendulum and Thomas spin precession: two sides of one coin” Phys. Usp. 52 821–829 (2009)

Yu.Kh. Vekilov, O.M. Krasil’nikov “Structural transformations in metals at high compression ratios” Phys. Usp. 52 831–834 (2009)

Conferences and symposia

A.A. Gorbatsevich, O.E. Omel’yanovskii, V.I. Tsebro, A.K. Zvezdin, A.P. Pyatakov, A.A. Mukhin, V.Yu. Ivanov, V.D. Travkin, A.S. Prokhorov, A.A. Volkov, A.V. Pimenov, A.M. Shuvaev, A. Loidl, V.M. Mukhortov, Yu.I. Golovko, Yu.I. Yuzyuk “Magnetoelectricity (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 20 January 2009)” Phys. Usp. 52 835–860 (2009)

A.A. Gorbatsevich, O.E. Omel’yanovskii, V.I. Tsebro “Toroidal ordering in crystals and nanostructures” Phys. Usp. 52 835–845 (2009)

A.K. Zvezdin, A.P. Pyatakov “Inhomogeneous magnetoelectric interaction in multiferroics and related new physical effects” Phys. Usp. 52 845–851 (2009)

A.A. Mukhin, V.Yu. Ivanov, V.D. Travkin, A.S. Prokhorov, A.A. Volkov, A.V. Pimenov, A.M. Shuvaev, A. Loidl “Terahertz spectroscopy and the magnetoelectric properties of manganite-based multiferroics” Phys. Usp. 52 851–856 (2009)

V.M. Mukhortov, Yu.I. Golovko, Yu.I. Yuzyuk “Heteroepitaxial films of a bismuth ferrite multiferroic doped with neodymium” Phys. Usp. 52 856–860 (2009)

Letters to the editors

A.M. Cherepashchuk “Exotic aspects of black holes: an astronaut near the horizon (on the methodological note by A A Grib and Yu V Pavlov “Is it possible to see the infinite future of the Universe when falling into a black hole?”)” Phys. Usp. 52 861–862 (2009)

Personalia

A.V. Gurevich, E.A. Kuznetsov, G.A. Mesyats, A.V. Mikhailov, S.L. Musher, S.P. Novikov, A.M. Rubenchik, R.Z. Sagdeev, G.I. Smirnov, Ya.G. Sinai, A.N. Skrinsky, V.E. Fortov “Vladimir Evgen’evich Zakharov (on his 70th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 52 863–864 (2009)

I.V. Grekhov, V.N. Kisel, M.A. Pogosyan, F.G. Rutberg, A.K. Sarychev, V.P. Smirnov, O.N. Favorskii, A.I. Fedorenko, V.E. Fortov, V.Yu. Khomich, A.E. Sheindlin, I.T. Yakubov “Andrei Nikolaevich Lagarkov (on his 70th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 52 865–866 (2009)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 52 867–868 (2009)