This double issue of Low Temperature Physics is the Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cryocrystals and Quantum Crystals (CC-2006), held in Kharkov, Ukraine on September 3 through 8. Traditionally, this Conference came in tandem after the International Matrix Isolation Conference, held right before CC-2006 in Chernogolovka, Russia, which allowed many participants to attend both conferences. The CC-2006 Conference was convened at the B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in recognition of Institute’s achievements in the title fields of the Conference. It is therefore no wonder that researchers from the Verkin Institute constituted a substantial percentage of the attendance, not to mention those unregistered who were present during the talks in the convention hall.
It should be added that CC-2006 was part of the events sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine to commemorate the centenary...
