BULGARIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS (Bulg. J. Phys.) volume 27 2000 number 3 Proceedings of Fourth General Conference of the Balkan Physical Union (BPU-4), 22 - 25 August 2000, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria Contents L. Chioncel, E. Burzo, S. G. Chiuzbaian. Induced Transjtlon Metal Moments in Rare-earth Compounds M. A. Gi~u. Magnetic Ordering in a Famlly of3-dimensl017al Hybrid Organicl Inorganic Magnets 1 f 13 1. Kara, A. Guhg6r, N. As. Polaiizatlon and Polalization Controling In Optical Fibers 17 S. Cartaleva, G. Alzetta, Y. ~)ancheva, Ch. Andreeva, R. M. Celli. Coherent Effects in Optical Pumping ofAtoms E. Benova, T. Petrova. Sulface-wave Sustained Discharges - Self-conslstent Modelling 25 S. Mijovic, M. Vuceljic. Information from the Shapes ofSpectra] Llnes L. D. Biborosch, U. Ernst, M. Toma, K. Frank. The Self-sustainlng ofNonllnear Oscillations In Mlcrohollo w Ca thode Dlschalges S. Teodoru, G. Popa. Plan Probe Characteristlc in the Presence ofSecondary Electron Emlsslon J. P. Karamarkovi6, G. S. Risti6, M. M. Pejovi6. The Analysls ofBreakdown Probability uslng Tlme Delay Metbod G. S. Djordjevi6, B. Dragovich, Lj. Ne~i6. Quantum Mechanlcs and Quantum Cosmology at the Planck Scale D. Dimitrijevi6, G. S. Djordjevi6, B. Dragovich. On Schl~dlngel~-type Equatlon on p-adic Spaces A. Matos-Abiague. Free Partlcle In Fractional-dimensional Space S. Yazadjiev. Exact Static Solutlons In Elnstein-Maxwell-Djlaton Gravlty wjth Arbitrary Djlaton Coupllng Parametel' B. Dragovich, Lj . Ne~i6. On Adelic Generallzatjon of Cosmological 21 30 34 38 42 46 50 54 58 Mlnlsuperspace Models 62 S. S. Yazadjiev, T. L. Boyadjiev. M. D. Todorov, P. P. Fiziev. A Free Boundary Problem In the Theoly of the Stars M. Cristea, A. Cristea. Numerical Solutlon ofSelected Partlal Dlfferentlal 66 Equatlons in Mathematical Physlcs ' 70 M. Sioutas, H. Flocas. Synoptjc Flow Types Assocjated wlth Hailstorm Activitty in Nol'them Greece N. Gospodinova, K. Ivanova, M. Michalev, E. Clothiaux. Local Correlations In Cloud ~ase Heib"ht Records Studied wlth the Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (DFA) Method 74 78 D. Diaconu. Soil Poroslty Dlsrtlbutlon and the Underground Water Transport Characteristics 82 C. Zerefos, D. Syrakov, K. Ganev, A. Vasaras. K. Kourtidis, M. Tzortziou, M. Prodanova, R. Dimitrova, E. Georgieva, D. Yordanov, N. Miloshev. Study of the Pollution Exchange between ~ulgarlan and Northem Greece A1. Toma, C. Dulama, M. Pavelescu. Laboratoly Experiments on Radionuclldes Partitlon between Solid and Liquid Phases F. Sekkin, A. Tanbay, G. Yener 210po Activjty Concentrations in Mussels at 86 90 Aegean Turkish Coast 94 O. Iacob, E. Botezatu. Exposures from Natural Radiation 1~ack~"round in Romania 98 ISSN 1310-0157