REVIEWS OF TOPICAL PROBLEMS | 
            
                Synergy effects in the deformation response of thermodynamically open metal–hydrogen systems L V Spivak
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                863 | 
                
                    
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                        PHYSICS OF OUR DAYS | 
                        
                            Optical properties of graphene and IV–VI semiconductors L A Falkovsky
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                            887 | 
                            
                                
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                                    INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION | 
                                    
                                        New nonlinear laser effects in α-quartz: generation of a two-octave Stokes and anti-Stokes comb and cascaded lasing in the spectral range of the second and third harmonics A A Kaminskii, L Bohatý, P Becker, H J Eichler, H Rhee
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                                        899 | 
                                        
                                            
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                                                FROM THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS | 
                                                
                                                    L D Landau in the Soviet Atomic Project: a documentary study G V Kiselev
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                                                    911 | 
                                                    
                                                        
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                                                            CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA | 
                                                            
                                                                Radiation-dynamic effects. Potential for producing condensed media with unique properties and structural states V V Ovchinnikov
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                                                                955 | 
                                                                
                                                                    Equilibrium and highly nonequilibrium states of condensed matter (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 21 April 2008)
 V V Ovchinnikov, A K Murtazaev, E A Khazanov, A M Sergeev
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                                                                    955 | 
                                                                    
                                                                        Critical properties of frustrated spin systems on a stacked triangular lattice A K Murtazaev
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                                                                        965 | 
                                                                        
                                                                            Petawatt lasers based on optical parametric amplifiers: their state and prospects E A Khazanov, A M Sergeev
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                                                                            969 | 
                                                                            
                                                                                
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                                                                                    PERSONALIA | 
                                                                                    
                                                                                        Vladimir Sergeevich Imshennik (on his 80th birthday) S I Blinnikov, N A Bobrova, D A Varshalovich, S S Gershtein, G T Zatsepin, V A Matveev, D K Nadyozhin, L B Okun, O G Ryazhskaya, P V Sasorov, R A Syunyaev, V P Utrobin
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                                                                                        975 | 
                                                                                        
                                                                                            
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                                                                                                BIBLIOGRAPHY | 
                                                                                                
                                                                                                    New books on physics and related sciences E V Zakharova
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                                                                                                    977 | 
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                        Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints) Yu N Eroshenko
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