100th anniversary of the birth of B M Pontecorvo (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 September 2013)

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A scientific session “Prospects of Studies in Neutrino Particle Physics and Astrophysics,” of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (DPS RAS), devoted to the centenary of B M Pontecorvo, was held on 2-3 September 2014 at the JINR international conference hall (Dubna, Moscow region). The following reports were put on the session agenda as posted on the website http://www.gpad.ac.ru of the RAS Physical Sciences Division: (1) Kudenko Yu G (Institute for Nuclear Research, RAS, Moscow; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow region; National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow) “Long-baseline neutrino accelerator experiments: results and prospects”; (2) Spiering Ch (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Germany) “Results obtained by ICECUBE and prospects of neutrino astronomy”; (3) Barabash A S (Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow) “Double beta decay experiments: current status and prospects”; (4) Bilenky S M (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region; Technische Universitat M'unchen, Garching, Germany) “Bruno Pontecorvo and the neutrino”; (5) Olshevskiy A G (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region) “Reactor neutrino experiments: results and prospects”; (6) Gavrin V N (Institute for Nuclear Research, RAS, Moscow) “Low-energy neutrino research at the Baksan Neutrino Laboratory”; (7) Gorbunov D S (Institute for Nuclear Research, RAS, Moscow): “Sterile neutrinos and their role in particle physics and cosmology”; (8) Derbin A V (Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Leningrad region) “Solar neutrino experiments”; (9) Rubakov V A (Institute for Nuclear Research, RAS, Moscow) “Prospects of studies in the field of neutrino particle physics and astrophysics.” An article by V N Gavrin, close in essence to talk 6, was published in Usp. Fiz. Nauk 181 (9), 975 (2011) [Phys. Usp. 54 (9) 941 (2011)]. Articles by V A Rubakov, close in essence to talk 9, were published in Usp. Fiz. Nauk 182 (10) 1017 (2012); 181 (6) 655 (2011) [Phys. Usp. 55 (10) 949 (2012); 54 (6) 633 (2011)]. Articles based on talks 1-5, 7, and 8 are published below. • Long-baseline neutrino accelerator experiments: results and prospects, Yu G Kudenko Physics-Uspekhi, 2014, Volume 57, Number 5, Pages 462–469 • High-energy neutrino astronomy: a glimpse of the promised land, Ch Spiering Physics-Uspekhi, 2014, Volume 57, Number 5, Pages 470–481 • Double beta decay experiments: current status and prospects, A S Barabash Physics-Uspekhi, 2014, Volume 57, Number 5, Pages 482–488 • Bruno Pontecorvo and the neutrino, S M Bilenky Physics-Uspekhi, 2014, Volume 57, Number 5, Pages 489–496 • Reactor neutrino experiments: results and prospects, A G Olshevskiy Physics-Uspekhi, 2014, Volume 57, Number 5, Pages 497–502 • Sterile neutrinos and their role in particle physics and cosmology, D S Gorbunov Physics-Uspekhi, 2014, Volume 57, Number 5, Pages 503–511 • Solar neutrino experiments, A V Derbin Physics-Uspekhi, 2014, Volume 57, Number 5, Pages 512–524