Vol. 106, No. 10, 2017

JETP Letters

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. JETP Letters ISSN 0021-3640.

Fields, Particles, and Nuclei

New Measurement of the Neutron Lifetime with a Large Gravitational Trap

A. P. Serebrov, E. A. Kolomenskiy, A. K. Fomin, I. A. Krasnoschekova, A. V. Vassiljev, D. M. Prudnikov, I. V. Shoka, A. V. Chechkin, M. E. Chaikovskii, V. E. Varlamov, S. N. Ivanov, A. N. Pirozhkov, P. Geltenbort, O. Zimmer, T. Jenke, M. Van der Grinten and M. Tucker p. 623 abstract

On 6j-Symbols for Symmetric Representations of U_q(𝔰𝔲_N)

A. Mironov, A. Morozov and A. Sleptsov p. 630 abstract

Astrophysics and Cosmology

Gravitational Lensing of a Star by a Rotating Black Hole

V. I. Dokuchaev and N. O. Nazarova p. 637 abstract

Optics and Laser Physics

Polarization, Spectral, and Spatial Emission Characteristics of Chiral Semiconductor Nanostructures

A. A. Maksimov, A. B. Peshcherenko, E. V. Filatov, I. I. Tartakovskii, V. D. Kulakovskii, S. G. Tikhodeev, S. V. Lobanov, C. Schneider and S. Höfling p. 643 abstract

Selective Excitation, Coherent Control, and Attosecond Spectrochronography of Electron Subshells in Atomic Systems

D. V. Meshchankin, A. A. Voronin, E. E. Serebryannikov and A. M. Zheltikov p. 648 abstract

Plasma, Hydro- and Gas Dynamics

Formation of Ball Streamers at a Subnanosecond Breakdown of Gases at a High Pressure in a Nonuniform Electric Field

D. V. Beloplotov, V. F. Tarasenko, D. A. Sorokin and M. I. Lomaev p. 653 abstract

Large-Scale Flow in Two-Dimensional Turbulence at Static Pumping

I. V. Kolokolov and V. V. Lebedev p. 659 abstract

Condensed Matter

Structural Phase Transitions and the Equation of State of SnTe at High Pressures up to 2 Mbar

A. G. Ivanova, I. A. Troyan, D. A. Chareev, A. G. Gavriliuk, K. V. Frolov, S. S. Starchikov, A. O. Baskakov, M. Mezouar and I. S. Lyubutin p. 662 abstract

Microstructural Properties and Evolution of Nanoclusters in Liquid Si during a Rapid Cooling Process

T. Gao, X. Hu, Y. Li, Z. Tian, Q. Xie, Q. Chen, Y. Liang, X. Luo, L. Ren and J. Luo p. 667 abstract

Magnetic Properties of a Na-Doped WS₂ Monolayer in the Presence of an Isotropic Strain

M. Luo, H. H. Yin and J. H. Chu p. 672 abstract

Goldstone Mode of a Magnon Bose−Einstein Condensate in MnCO₃

Yu. M. Bunkov, A. V. Klochkov, T. R. Safin, K. R. Safiullin and M. S. Tagirov p. 677 abstract

Detection of Spin Excitation Transfer in a Two-Dimensional Electron System via Photoluminescence of Multiparticle Exciton Complexes

A. V. Gorbunov, L. V. Kulik, V. A. Kuznetsov, A. S. Zhuravlev, A. V. Larionov, V. B. Timofeev and I. V. Kukushkin p. 682 abstract

Miscellaneous

Dynamic Compression of Exciton-Polariton Condensates in Semiconductor Microcavities

V. D. Kulakovskii, S. S. Gavrilov and N. A. Gippius p. 686 abstract