PREFACE

``Quarks-2014'' was the eighteenth in the series of International Seminars devoted mostly to problems of modern field theory, theoretical and experimental particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology. This Seminar was organized jointly by the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna. It was held from June 2 to June 8, 2014 in Suzdal, Russia. The Seminar gathered about 160 physicists from leading scientific centers.

The topics discussed included:

The Editors are grateful to all participants of the Seminar for their cooperation.

This Seminar was supported in part by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Dynasty Foundation, and Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Editors:
P. S. Satunin
V. A. Matveev
V. A. Rubakov