Neutrino and nuclear astrophysics: the 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician G T Zatsepin (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 24 May 2017)

On 24 May 2017, the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) held a scientific session titled “Neutrino and nuclear astrophysics: 100th anniversary of the birth of Academician G T Zatsepin” in the Conference Hall of the Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS.

The meeting proceedings are available on the RAS Physical Sciences Division website www.gpad.ac.ru and include the following presentations:

(1) Panasyuk M I (Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow) “Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin effect: top–down and bottom–up view”;

(2) Erlykin A D (Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS, Moscow) “G T Zatsepin and extensive atmospheric showers”;

(3) Ryazhskaya O G (Institute for Nuclear Research, RAS, Moscow) “Creation of the FIAN Neutrino Laboratory and underground laboratories”;

(4) Saavedra O (University of Turin, INFN, Italy) “Prof. G T Zatsepin and the collaboration among the Institute for Nuclear Research of the RAS, the University of Turin and ICGF–CNR, Italy”;

(5) Gavrin V N (Institute for Nuclear Research, RAS, Moscow) “G T Zatsepin and solar neutrinos”;

(6) Lidvansky A S (Institute for Nuclear Research, RAS, Moscow) “G T Zatsepin and the birth of gamma-ray astronomy”.

The paper versions of talks 1, 3, and 6 are presented further on in this issue.