1. Anniversaries

   Announcement Pages: 481 - 481

2. A model of the global description of the spectrum of the methanol molecule in the ground electronic state

   • A. V. Burenin

   Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules Pages: 483 - 488

3. Comparative analysis of perturbations of the energy, radiative, and magnetic characteristics of electronic-vibrational-rotational states of the hydrogen molecule

   • S. A. Astashkevich
   • B. P. Lavrov

   Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules Pages: 489 - 496

4. Multiphoton mass spectra of Xe₂ molecules in the range of excited Xe*(6p, 5d) atoms

   • M. A. Khodorkovskiĭ
   • A. A. Belyaeva
   • K. Siegbahn

   Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules Pages: 497 - 509

5. Resonance inelastic scattering of a photon by the neon atom in the region of the K and KL ₂₃ ionization thresholds

   • A. N. Khoperskiĭ
   • A. M. Nadolinskiĭ
   • V. A. Yavna

   Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules Pages: 510 - 516

6. Laser-induced effects for overlapping autoinoizing rydberg states of xenon

   • A. N. Grum-Grzhimaĭlo
   • E. V. Gryzlova
   • S. I. Strakhova

   Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules Pages: 517 - 524

7. Study of the dependence of the radiative properties of high-frequency electrodeless lamps in an Hg-Ar mixture on the pressure of mercury vapor

   • N. V. Denisova
   • G. Revalde
   • A. Skudra

   Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules Pages: 525 - 529

8. Intensities of the photoelectron spectra of weakly bound anions: A complex of an atomic anion with a diatomic molecule

   • T. A. Grinev
   • A. A. Buchachenko

   Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules Pages: 530 - 538

9. Size effects in triplet-triplet annihilation: II. Monte carlo simulations

   • E. N. Bodunov
   • M. N. Berberan-Santos
   • J. M. G. Martinho

   Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy Pages: 539 - 545

10. Properties of the lowest singlet states of dimethylaminobenzonitrile in liquid dielectrics: Quantum-mechanical calculations

    • V. I. Tomin
    • M. Brozis

    Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy Pages: 546 - 555

11. Ultrafast time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of novel ketocyanine dyes

    • N. A. Nemkovich
    • V. G. Pivovarenko
    • A. N. Rubinov

    Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy Pages: 556 - 562

12. Determination of temperature-induced changes in the structure of the nearest environment of aluminum in mordenite zeolites from x-ray absorption near-edge structure spectra

    • L. A. Bugaev
    • Ya. V. Latokha
    • E. A. van Bokhoven

    Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy Pages: 563 - 571

13. Luminescence of Sc³⁺ and La³⁺ isoelectronic impurities in Lu₃Al₅O₁₂ single-crystal films

    • Yu. V. Zorenko

    Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy Pages: 572 - 580

14. Application of high-resolution IR and microwave spectroscopies for investigation of the impurity composition of silicon tetrafluoride

    • V. L. Vaks
    • E. G. Domracheva
    • L. A. Chuprov

    Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy Pages: 581 - 583

15. Specific features of photoisomerization of provitamin D ₃ in a nematic liquid crystal

    • T. N. Orlova
    • I. P. Terenetskaya

    Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy Pages: 584 - 589

16. Formation of intersystem crossing transitions in Pd(II) and Pt(II) porphyrins: Nonplanar distortions of the macrocycle and charge transfer states

    • V. N. Knyukshto
    • A. M. Shul’ga
    • É. I. Zen’kevich

    Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy Pages: 590 - 601

17. Synthesis and spectroscopy of sodium-gadolinium tungstate NaGd(WO₄)₂ crystals activated by Tm³⁺ ions

    • Yu. K. Voron’ko
    • K. A. Subbotin
    • E. V. Zharikov

    Condensed-Matter Spectroscopy Pages: 602 - 608

18. Modulation instability in a medium with a nonlocal nonlinearity

    • N. N. Rozanov

    Nonlinear and Quantum Optics Pages: 609 - 612

19. Dynamics of the collective spontaneous emission of two three-level atoms in a cavity

    • E. K. Bashkirov

    Nonlinear and Quantum Optics Pages: 613 - 616

20. Influence of a thin surface layer on light scattering by spherical particles

    • G. V. Belokopytov
    • A. V. Zhuravlev

    Physical Optics Pages: 617 - 622

21. Multiple pulse passive mode locking in lasers with spectrally inhomogeneous gain

    • A. K. Komarov
    • K. P. Komarov
    • E. V. Pestryakov

    Lasers and Their Applications Pages: 623 - 630

22. Determination of the lens transmittance of nonabsorbing media using the optical matrix method

    • V. I. Kislenko
    • V. N. Stetsyuk
    • O. V. Maevskaya

    Geometrical and Applied Optics Pages: 631 - 635

23. XV International Symposium on High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy HighRuS-2006

    Chronicle Pages: 636 - 637

24. ICO topical meeting on optoinformatics/information photonics 2006

    Chronicle Pages: 638 - 639

25. Content of the following issue of Opticheskiĭ Zhurnal (Journal of Optical Technology)

    • A. M. Makushenko

    Chronicle Pages: 640 - 640