Abstract
A scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) took place on 6 October 2010 in the Conference Hall of the Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS (FIAN) on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of founding of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC–VNIIEF). The agenda of the session announced on the website www.gpad.ac.ru of the RAS Physical Sciences Division listed the following reports: (1) Ilkaev R I (RFNC–VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region). Opening remarks "On the fundamental physics research programs at RFNC–VNIIEF"; (2) Mikhailov A L (RFNC–VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region) "Hydrodynamic instabilities in various media"; (3) Trunin R F (RFNC–VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region) "Study of extreme states of metals using shock waves"; (4) Ivanovskii A V (RFNC–VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region) "Explosive magnetic energy generators and their application in research"; (5) Podurets A M (RFNC–VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region) "X-ray studies of the structure of matter in shock waves"; (6) Garanin S G (RFNC–VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region) "High-power lasers in studies of the physics of hot, dense plasma and thermonuclear fusion"; (7) Selemir V D (RFNC–VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region) "Physics research in ultrahigh magnetic fields"; (8) Mkhitar'yan L S (RFNC–VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region) "Gasdynamic thermonuclear fusion." Articles based on reports 1–7 are published below. An extended version of report 3 written as a review paper will be published in a later issue of Physics–Uspekhi. • Fundamental physics research at the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics, R I Ilkaev Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 4, Pages 387–392 • Hydrodynamic instabilities, A L Mikhailov, N V Nevmerzhitskii, V A Raevskii Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 4, Pages 392–397 • Extreme states of metals: investigation using shock wave techniques, R F Trunin Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 4, Pages 397–403 • Explosive magnetic generators and their application in scientific experiments, B E Grinevich, V A Demidov, A V Ivanovsky, V D Selemir Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 4, Pages 403–408 • Pulsed X-ray diffraction structure study of shocked materials, A M Podurets Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 4, Pages 408–414 • High-power lasers and their applications in high-energy-density physics studies, S G Garanin Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 4, Pages 415–421 • Research in ultrahigh magnetic field physics, G V Boriskov, A I Bykov, M I Dolotenko, N I Egorov, Yu B Kudasov, V V Platonov, V D Selemir, O M Tatsenko Physics-Uspekhi, 2011, Volume 54, Number 4, Pages 421–427