Vol. 108, No. 6, 2018

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

The $\tau \to {{\bar {K}}^{{*0}}}(892){{\pi }^{ - }}{{\nu }_{\tau }}$ Decay in the Nambu–Jona-Lasinio Model

M. K. Volkov and A. A. Pivovarov p. 347 abstract

Sphaleron Transition Rate in Lattice Gluodynamics

A. Yu. Kotov p. 352 abstract

Astrophysics and Cosmology

Formation of Dusty Plasma Clouds at Meteoroid Impact on the Surface of the Moon

S. I. Popel, A. P. Golub’, A. V. Zakharov, L. M. Zelenyi, A. A. Berezhnoy, E. S. Zubko, M. Iten, R. Lena, S. Sposetti, Yu. I. Velikodsky, A. A. Tereshchenko and B. Atamaniuk p. 356 abstract

Optics and Laser Physics

On a New Method of Acoustic Monitoring of the Nanosecond Laser Ablation of Metals

A. A. Samokhin, E. V. Shashkov, N. S. Vorob’ev and A. E. Zubko p. 364 abstract

Silicon Ablation by Single Ultrashort Laser Pulses of Variable Width in Air and Water

N. A. Smirnov, S. I. Kudryashov, P. A. Danilov, A. A. Rudenko, A. A. Ionin and A. A. Nastulyavichus p. 368 abstract

Localization of Surface Plasmon Waves in Hybrid Photodetectors with Subwavelength Metallic Arrays

A. I. Yakimov, V. V. Kirienko and A. V. Dvurechenskii p. 374 abstract

Damage of Dusty Optical Elements in the Field of Continuous-Wave Laser Radiation

I. N. Derkach, E. A. Kudryashov, G. N. Kachalin, N. A. Kirdyaev, V. V. Ladeishchikova and D. S. Timaev p. 379 abstract

Additional Nonreciprocity Effects in the Magneto-Optics of Asymmetric Layer Structures

S. V. Tarasenko and V. G. Shavrov p. 384 abstract

Plasma, Hydro- and Gas Dynamics

Laboratory Simulation of the Dynamics of a Dense Plasma Cloud Expanding in a Magnetized Background Plasma on a Krot Large-Scale Device

M. E. Gushchin, S. V. Korobkov, V. A. Terekhin, A. V. Strikovskiy, V. I. Gundorin, I. Yu. Zudin, N. A. Aidakina and A. S. Nikolenko p. 391 abstract

Condensed Matter

Steps of the Giant Terahertz Photoconductance of a Tunneling Point Contact

O. A. Tkachenko, V. A. Tkachenko, D. G. Baksheev and Z. D. Kvon p. 396 abstract

Linear NMR in the Polar Phase of ³He in Aerogel

V. V. Zavjalov p. 402 abstract

Amorphization and a Polymorphic Transformation of Boron Stimulated by High Dynamic Pressures

A. M. Molodets and A. A. Golyshev p. 409 abstract

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

A. G. Ivanova, I. A. Troyan, D. A. Chareev, A. G. Gavriliuk, S. S. Starchikov, A. O. Baskakov, K. V. Frolov, M. Mezouar and I. S. Lyubutin p. 414 abstract

Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Spin Polarization near Filling Factor 3/2

A. S. Zhuravlev, L. V. Kulik, V. A. Kuznetsov, M. A. Khit’ko and I. V. Kukushkin p. 419 abstract

Biophysics

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy at 1.5 T with a Hybrid Metasurface

E. A. Brui, A. V. Shchelokova, A. V. Sokolov, A. P. Slobozhanyuk, A. E. Andreychenko, V. A. Fokin, P. A. Belov and I. V. Melchakova p. 423 abstract