Contents
Instruments and Experimental Techniques


Vol. 48, No. 2, 2005

Simultaneous English language translation of the journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Inc.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Instruments and Experimental Techniques ISSN 0020-4412.


On the Centenary of Alexander Iosifovich Shal’nikov’s Birth p. 137

Water as an Insulator in Pulsed Facilities (Review)

A. I. Gerasimov p. 141  abstract


Nuclear Experimental Technique

The PIBETA Spectrometer for Studying Rare and Forbidden Decays of Muons and Pions

V. A. Baranov, V. A. Kalinnikov, V. V. Karpukhin, N. V. Khomutov, A. S. Korenchenko,
S. M. Korenchenko, N. P. Kravchuk, N. A. Kuchinskii, D. A. Mzhaviya,
A. M. Rozhdestvenskii, V. V. Sidorkin, Z. B. Tsamalaidze, T. Sakhelashvili, E. Frleframe0,
D. Poframe1aniframe2, W. Li, R. C. Minehart, L. C. Smith, W. A. Stephens, K. O. H. Ziock, W. Bertl,
R. Horisberger, S. Ritt, R. Schnyder, H. P. Wirtz, B. G. Ritchie, I. Supek, and T. Kozlowski
p. 168  abstract

The DEVIS Track Detector Developed by the Institute for Theoretical
and Experimental Physics for Studying Double Decay

V. A. Artemiev, V. A. Belov, E. V. Brakhman, O. Ya. Zel’dovich, A. K. Karelin,
V. V. Kirichenko, O. M. Kozodaeva, A. V. Kuchenkov, V. A. Lyubimov,
A. I. Mitin, and T. N. Tsvetkova
p. 177  abstract

Upgrade of the Beam Profile Ionization Monitor for the KOMBAS Fragment Separator

Yu. G. Teterev and Phi Thanh Huong p. 189  abstract

New Boron-Containing Polystyrene Scintillators Based on 3-Hydroxiflavone

G. G. Akopyan and V. B. Gavalyan p. 194  abstract

Studying the Statistical Indicators of the Radiation Hardness of PWO Crystals
for the Barrel of the Electromagnetic Calorimeter of the CMS Project

V. I. Dormenev, A. N. Annenkov, A. E. Borisevich,
G. Yu. Drobyshev, M. V. Korzhik, and K. B. Rudov
p. 198  abstract


Electronics and Radio Engineering

Logarithmic Amplitude-to-Duration Converters

V. I. Volchenko and G. V. Volchenko p. 205  abstract

A High-Speed Precision Digital Phase Meter with Direct Calculation of the Signal Phase

A. M. Goncharenko p. 215  abstract

The Full-Voltage Effect and the Optimal Modes of the Pulsed Conditioning of Electrodes in a Vacuum

A. A. Emel’yanov, E. A. Emel’yanova, and M. V. Kubyshkina p. 219  abstract

A Pulse Shaper for Electrical Molecular Modulation

Ch. O. Qajar, S. A. Musayev, A. A. Abdullayev, and M. E. Aliyev p. 222  abstract

A Microwave Interferometer for Steady-State Plasma Density Measurements

D. A. Nagornyi, A. G. Nagornyi, and V. I. Voznyi p. 225  abstract

Synchronization of a Millimeter-Band Oscillator on an Avalanche–Transit Diode

Yu. I. Alekseev, I. V. Maliev, and S. A. Nashchanskii p. 228  abstract

A Calorimeter with a Capacitive Probe for Measuring Microwave Energy

V. A. Kiselev, A. F. Linnik, I. N. Onishchenko, and V. V. Uskov p. 230  abstract


General Experimental Techniques

A Gas-Ion Source with a Grid-Stabilized Plasma Cathode

N. V. Gavrilov and A. S. Kamenetskikh p. 234  abstract


Electronics and Radio Engineering

A Small Raman Laser Based on a KGd(WO4)2 : Nd3+ Crystal ( = 1.538 m)
with Passive Resonator Q Switching

N. S. Ustimenko and E.M. Zabotin p. 239  abstract


General Experimental Techniques

Determining the Coefficient of Transverse Turbulent Diffusion
in a Flow of the Active Medium of a CO2 Laser with Fast Axial Gas Circulation

S. A. Buyarov, M. G. Galushkin, V. D. Dubrov, and Yu. N. Zavalov p. 241  abstract


Physical Instruments for Ecology, Medicine, and Biology

Characteristics of the Energy Filter for an MX7304A Mass Spectrometer

V. A. Baturin and S. A. Eremin p. 247  abstract

Shock-Squeezed Metal–Insulator–Metal Films at High-Speed Impacts
of Micrometeoroid and Technogenic Particles

N. D. Semkin, K. E. Voronov, L. S. Novikov, and N. L. Bogoyavlenskii p. 250  abstract

Facility for Investigating the Propagation of Sound in the Surface Layer of the Earth’s Atmosphere

N. P. Krasnenko, A. N. Kudryavtsev, and E. E. Mananko p. 256  abstract


Laboratory Techniques

A Three-Coordinate Electromagnetic Stepping System for Positioning the Tip
of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

A. V. Ofitserov and V. S. Edel’man p. 259  abstract

A Plasmatron with Interelectrode Inserts for Depositing Diamond and Diamond-like Films

M. I. Sazonov and D. L. Tsyganov p. 266  abstract

A Simple Instrument for Measuring the Surface Tension and Viscosity of Liquids

Man Singh p. 270  abstract

A Low-Power Current Regulator for Low-Temperature Thermometers

V. L. Tsymbalenko p. 272  abstract


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