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This volume contains a selection of articles on modern theoretical physics contributed by leading scientists. It is dedicated to Joseph L Birman for his prolific and outstanding contribution to the field. The topics covered are in the fields of condensed matter and solid state physics, elementary particles and quantum optics.Contents: Transient Gratings in a Disordered Medium in Four-Wave Mixing Experiments: The Possibilty for Time Evolution Observation (V M Agranovich et al.) Effect of Oxygen Insertion in YBa2CU3O6+x (M Balkanski & A Sacuto) Exciton Binding Energies in Type II Quantum Well Structures in a Magnetic Field (J Cen et al.) Scaling Properties of Supercooled Liquids and the Liquid-Glass Transition: Some Open Questions (H Z Cummins) Dynamical Symmetries and Supersymmetries for Linearized Many-Electron SystemsA Review (M Danani et al.) Can Multimetrical Symmetry Help to Explain Accidental Degeneracy in Crystals? (A Janner & M A Nusimovici) New Forms of Pure Carbon and a Possibility of Icosahedral Quasi-Crystalline Growth (R Kerner) Noise Reduction in Generalized q -Coherent States (R J McDermott & A I Solomon) The Scattering of P -Polarised Light from a Slightly Rough Perfectly Conducting One-Dimensional Surface (A A Maradudin) Polariton-Solitons and Solitary-Polaritons (O C Martin) The Pseudo-Gravity Approximation in QCD for Particles and Nuclei (Y Ne'eman) Can Light Scattering Detect Lock-In Transitions in Incommensurate Insulators? (H Poulet & R M Pick) Derivation of the Landau-Ginzburg Energy Functional by Variational Method (B Sakita) Surface Relaxation and Dynamics of Ionic Crystals (U Schröder) Time Dependence of Exotic Coherent States (A I Solomon & J Katriel) Mistakes in Octagonal Quasicrystals (H-R Trebin) Derivation of a Polaron-Type Model for a 3He Atom Moving in Superfluid 4He (J T Vreese et al.) Does Berry's Phase Influence the Energy Spectrum of Impurities in Solids? (J Zak) The Role of the Electron-Phonon Coupling in High- T c Superconductors (R Zeyher) Readership: Theoretical physicists.

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