Reviews of topical problems

Yu.A. Shchekinov, V.N. Lukash, E.V. Mikheeva, S.V. Pilipenko “Interstellar and intergalactic gas in the far IR and submillimeter spectral ranges” Phys. Usp. 60 961–993 (2017)

D.A. Dolgolenko, Yu.A. Muromkin “On separation of mixtures of chemical elements in plasma” Phys. Usp. 60 994–1017 (2017)

Methodological notes

A.G. Kyurkchan “About recognition of mirror-like objects” Phys. Usp. 60 1018–1024 (2017)

Z.G. Bazhanova, V.V. Roizen, A.R. Oganov “High-pressure behavior of the Fe—S system and composition of the Earth's inner core” Phys. Usp. 60 1025–1032 (2017)

Conferences and symposia

“Modern problems of ultra-high brightness electron beam photoinjectors (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 March 2017)” Phys. Usp. 60 1033–1033 (2017)

N.A. Vinokurov, A.M. Barnyakov, V.N. Volkov, E.I. Kolobanov, G.I. Kuznetsov, G.Ya. Kurkin, A.E. Levichev, P.V. Logachev, D.A. Nikiforov, V.M. Petrov, D.A. Starostenko, A.G. Tribendis “Electron guns at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS: prospects for the use of photocathodes with nanosecond and subpicosecond laser drivers” Phys. Usp. 60 1034–1038 (2017)

S.Yu. Mironov, A.V. Andrianov, E.I. Gacheva, V.V. Zelenogorsky, A.K. Potemkin, E.A. Khazanov, P. Boonpornprasert, M. Gross, J.D. Good, I. Isaev, D. Kalantaryan, T. Kozak, M. Krasilnikov, H. Qian, X. Li, O. Lishilin, D. Melkumyan, A. Oppelt, Y. Renier, T. Rublack, M. Felber, H. Huck, Y.L. Chen, F. Stephan “Spatio-temporal shaping of photocathode laser pulses for linear electron accelerators” Phys. Usp. 60 1039–1050 (2017)

N.I. Balalykin, V.F. Minashkin, M.A. Nozdrin, G.D. Shirkov, V.V. Zelenogorskii, E.I. Gacheva, A.K. Poteomkin, J. Huran “Electron gun with a transmission photocathode for the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research photoinjector” Phys. Usp. 60 1051–1058 (2017)

Personalia

M.S. Aksenteva, S.N. Gurbatov, A.G. Litvak, V.Ya. Panchenko, V.A. Rubakov, V.A. Sadovnichii, A.M. Sergeev, A.L. Sobisevich, N.N. Sysoev, A.R. Khokhlov, E.V. Chuprunov, I.A. Shcherbakov “Oleg Vladimirovich Rudenko (on his 70th birthday)” Phys. Usp. 60 1059–1061 (2017)

Physics news on the internet

Yu.N. Eroshenko “Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints)” Phys. Usp. 60 1062–1063 (2017)