Celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 October 2010)

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.