UFN, 2001, Volume 171, Number 3

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2001, Volume 171, Number 3

REVIEWS OF TOPICAL PROBLEMS
	Atomic structure and the resonant charge exchange process B. M. Smirnov		233
	Physical methods for measuring the viscosity coefficients of nematic liquid crystals V. V. Belyaev		267
	Quantum effects in condensed matter at high pressure S. M. Stishov		299

PHYSICS NEWS ON THE INTERNET
	Physics news on the Internet (based on electronic preprints) Yu. N. Eroshenko		306

PHYSICS OF OUR DAYS
	Black holes in the Universe I. D. Novikov, V. P. Frolov		307

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA
	Traditional international conference on phase transitions and related critical and nonlinear phenomena (Makhachkala, Republic of Daghestan, Russian Federation, September 6 – 9, 2000) I. K. Kamilov, A. K. Murtazaev		325
	Scientific session of the Division of General Physics and Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (October 25, 2000)		329
		Transport barrier formation in a tokamak plasma K. A. Razumova	329
		Model for the formation of hummocks in a drifting ice cover A. V. Marchenko	333

BIBLIOGRAPHY
	The physics of planetary rings D. ter Haar		339
	New books on physics and related sciences E. V. Zakharova		343