Table of contents : Chapter 1 KEY PROBLEMS IN PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS
1. Introduction and list of problems 2. Macrophysics 3. Microphysics 4. A few remarks about the nature of scientific revolutions in physics and astronomy
Chapter 2 THE PROBLEM OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
1. Introduction and statement of the problem 2. What determines the value of the critical temperature T_c ? 3. Ways of producing high-temperature superconductors 4. Is there a real possibility to increase T_c using exciton mechanism 5. Concluding remarks References
Chapter 3 COSMIC RAY ASTRONOMY
1. Introduction 2. Cosmic rays and cosmic electromagnetic radiation 3. Origin of the main part of the cosmic rays observed at the Earth 4. Galactic model with a halo 5. The perspectives for the development of cosmic ray astropysics References
Chapter 4 RADIATION BY A UNIFORMLY MOVING CHARGE (CHERENKOV EFFECT, TRANSITION RADIATION, AND RELATED PHENOMENA)
1. Introduction 2. The Cherenkov effect 3. The Quantum theory of the Cherenkov effect 4. The Quantum theory of the Doppler effect in a medium 5. Transition radiation 6. Transition scattering - Transition Bremmstrahlung 7. Concluding remarks References