[en] The prospects to use continuous electron cooling for increasing luminosity and quality of collider experiments, involving nuclei/nucleons, are discussed briefly. Possible sets of collider parameters are presented

[en] This paper presents the results of studies undertaken at INP of options for a Tau Charm Factory. Three different beam options have been studied. First is a 'round beam option', allowing axially symmetric beams which yield high tau-pair productivity. The second option involves monochromatic beams, which enhances productivity for narrow c bar c states, gives good tau pair productions in a clean manner, and has a good resonant-to-nonresonant ratio. The third option allows longitudinal polarization, should it prove to be interesting. It is an easy option to implement because it only involves polarized electrons. Work on some of these options is described in terms of experiments on the VEPP-2 device

[en] The aim of this paper is to present the 'ultimate options' for crucial stages of muon collider, as the subject for comparison of different 'practical options'

[en] Some aspects crucially important for very high energy muon collider are considered. While writing this sketchy article, we assumed the reference /1/ familiar to the reader

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[en] In this paper, the current status and the upgrading plans for the near future of the electron-positron colliders VEPP-2M and VEPP-4 are briefly described. The ongoing program for the design and construction of the electron-positron factory complex VEPP-5 is presented. (orig.)

[en] The aim of this paper is to present the main specific features of muon colliders, and to show the (very personal) ways to solve the most difficult problems of their design and construction

[en] The historical development of techniques for cooling charged particles is presented. It was G I Budker, the founder and first Director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) in Novosibirsk, who initiated the development of cooling methods as a means of improving the performance of colliding beams accelerators (now known as colliders). The electron cooling method proposed by G I Budker became the main subject of investigation at BINP. Today, many facilities — ranging from the LHC to those on a moderate university scale — use the electron cooling of heavy ions in nuclear and atomic physics experiments with highly charged ions. The stochastic cooling method proposed by van der Meer has become the primary tool for accumulating and cooling antiprotons. (60th anniversary of the budker institute of nuclear physics (binp), sb ras)

[en] X-ray fluorescence analysis (XFA) is used worldwide to define a quantitative content of the elements as well as to visualize the distribution of elements in different regions (element mapping). Utilization of synchrotron radiation (SR) to excite X-ray fluorescence enables the XFA method to be qualitatively improved. This chapter reviews the experimental work in especially the last decade (author). 71 refs.; 24 figs.; 3 tabs

[en] Beam-colliding facilities (colliders) are key to exploring the fundamental properties of matter and understanding elementary particles and their interactions. The Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-pioneered the development of the method of colliding beams and maintains the leading position in using it. This paper reviews the past, present, and future of research with colliding beams at the BINP. (60th anniversary of the budker institute of nuclear physics (binp), sb ras)