Key research directions
Division of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
Chair of Theoretical Physics
Theory of gauge fields and its applications to elementary particle physics
Unified theory of physical effects and phenomena in systems of particles with
electromagnetic interaction
Fundamental particles and interactions
Theory of gravitation. Supersymmetric models in the field theory and relativistic
strings
Chair of Mathematics
Singular perturbation theory and its applications
Mathematical models of electrodynamics and plasma
Inverse and ill-posed problems in mathematical physics
Methods of Lobachevsky geometry in non-linear problems of mathematical physics
The cosmic electrodynamics
Chair of Molecular Physics
- Dynamics of molecular movement and non-equilibrium processes in liquids
- Kinetic and gas-dynamic processes in non-equilibrium media
- Origin and evolution of the structure defects caused by various external actions and
their connection to the physical properties of solids
Chair of General Physics and Molecular Electronics
Laser physics of solid body surface
Molecular electronics
Physics of solid-state nanostructures
Solid-state molecular-ion sensorics
Chair of Biophysics
- Biophysical ecology
- Biophysics of complicated systems
- Cell biophysics
- Medical biophysics
- Nanobioelectronics
Chair of General Physics
Interaction of ultra-short laser pulses with matter, investigations of physical
properties of new materials for quantum- and optoelectronic systems
Investigation of interactions in the condensed medium by spectral-luminescent methods
Biophysics of photosynthesis and ecology
Investigation of features of new magnetic materials and nonhomogeneous systems
Chair of Quantum Statistics and Field Theory
Mathematical physics
Quantum field theory
Statistical physics
Chair of Medical Physics
Lasers in physics and medicine
Physiological optics and laser technologies in ophthalmology
Digital image processing in medicine
Novel function-directed spin probes – design and applications
Medical biophysics
Physical methods in oncogenesis
Chair of English Language
This chair conducts teaching of English for the undergraduate and
graduate students of Physics.
Division of Solid State Physics
Chair of Solid State Physics
- Moessbauer spectroscopy in application to the nanocrystalline materials
- Physics of metallic alloys
- Physics of structured condensed systems, including self-organization and low-dimensional
structures
- Physics of the structured matter
- Structural physics of rare-earth intermetallics.
- X-ray phase-contrast tomography
Chair of Semiconductor Physics
Semiconductor optoelectronics
Optical and electronic properties of semiconductors with reduced dimensionality
Physics of disordered (amorphous and microcrystalline) semiconductors
Luminescence and cathodoluminescence of semiconductors
Theory of semiconductors
Chair of Polymer and Crystal Physics
Physics of functional polymer systems. Self-assemblies in responsive polyelectrolyte
gels. Microphase separation, formation of other microstructures in polymer systems.
Statistical physics of polyelectrolytes, including DNA. Polymers with associating groups
(experiment, theory, computer simulation). Polymers at surfaces (theory, computer
simulation)
Atomic force microscopy of polymers and biopolymers (theory, experiment). Development of
models and methods for computer simulation of polymers. Sequence design of copolymers with
special functional properties (experiment, theory, computer simulation). Self-assembling
structures in amphiphilic polymer systems.
Non-linear dynamics and chaos. Polymer-based non-linear dynamic systems (theory,
experiment).
Crystal growth, study of crystallization processes and physical properties. Physical
acoustics of crystals. Theoretical crystal physics.
Synthesis and study of diamond films. Low-frequency dielectric dispersion and pyroeffect
in crystals and polymers with hydrogen bonds
Chair of Magnetism
Spintronics
Investigation of electron structure and magnetic properties of ferro- and
ferri-magnetics by magnetooptic method
Investigation of non-linear isolated magnetization waves dynamics and collisions in
optically transparent ferromagnets
Investigation of magnetic, magnetooptical, and optical characteristics of magnetic
materials and magnetic recording media for storing information
Investigation of magnetic materials for information recording and non-linear
electromagnetic systems
Molecular magnetism and magnetism of biological micro-objects
Chair of Low-Temperature Physics and Superconductivity
Cooperative quantum effects in the low-dimensional systems
Nuclear resonance in low-dimensional metal–oxide systems
Perspective semiconductor materials and structures
Superconductivity
Chair of General Physics and Magnetoordered Media
Ferroelectric properties and phase transitions in polyfunctional ferroelectric materials
— crystals, liquid crystals, and thin films
Investigation of magnetic properties and exchange interactions in crystalline and
amorphous alloys of rare earth metals
Investigation of physical properties of magnetic semiconductors
Investigations of hyperfine interactions and local magnetic states in magnetically
ordered alloys and compounds
Investigations of the nature of magnetic, magnetoelastic, and ferroelectric couplings in
new magnetic materials based on rare-earth and transition elements
Two- dimensional magnetism. Magnetic refrigeration
Chair of Condensed Matter Physics
Jointly with the Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Science
(Chernogolovka, Moscow Region)
Electron properties of materials at low- and high-temperatures
Low-dimensional electron systems
Materials science
Quantum transport
Superconductivity
Division of Radiophysics and Electronics
Chair of Physics of Oscillations
Dynamic phenomena in materials and devices of photonics and spintronics
Nonlinear parametric and self-oscillating systems
Optoelectronics and optical information processing by means of acousto-optic methods
Quantum measurement theory
Theoretical and experimental investigations of the fundamental losses and noises in
oscillators
Chair of General Physics and Wave Processes
Adaptive optics and optics of inhomogeneous media
Interaction of powerful laser radiation with matter, ultrashort laser pulses
Laser diagnostics and spectroscopy of matter and biological objects
Non-linear optics and non-linear optical materials
Quantum and statistical optics, quantum information
Chair of Acoustics
Applied acoustics (ultrasound in medicine, industry, construction, musical and
architecture acoustics)
Inverse problems of acoustic scattering. Non-linear and optico-acoustics diagnostics
Natural media acoustics, acoustic ecology
Non-linear acoustics and non-linear wave physics. Non-linear dynamics. Statistical
problems
Physical acoustics of solids. Acoustics in material science
Chair of Radiophysics
Physics of wave interactions in nonlinear and inhomogeneous media
Microwave electronics
Physics of millimeter waves
Long-distance propagation of waves
Physics of ferrites, ferroelectrics, and magneto-optical crystals
Chair of Quantum Electronics
Dynamics and susceptibility of chaotic systems
Fundamental processes in surface nanostructures and in systems with lowered dimension
Laser spectroscopy of aqueous media. Non-linear laser fluorimetry of nature organic
complexes. Lasers in ecology
Non-linear optics of nanostructures and photon crystals
Quantum optics, scattering on polaritons and parametric scattering of light
Chair of Physical Electronics
Dense relativistic electron beam physics and plasma microwave electronics
Electron and ion microscopy and spectroscopy of solid state surfaces and thin films
Physical foundations for the development of novel materials including the carbonic ones
and surface properties modification using plasma and beam technologies
Physical foundations of micro- and nano-electronics elements creation and their
diagnostics
Physics of different type gas discharges including discharges in supersonic gas flows
and in flammable mixture
Division of Nuclear Physics
Chair of Atomic and Plasma Physics and Microelectronics
Cryoelectronics
Microphysics of aerosols and clouds in the upper troposphere
Physical processes in intense light fields
Physics of high-frequency electromagnetic fields and plasma interaction
Study of non-equilibrium plasma in gas discharges
Synthesis of new materials in non-equilibrium plasma
Chair of Cosmic Rays and Space Physics
Cosmic ray astrophysics
Cosmic rays and fundamental interactions
Neutrino astrophysics
Space physics and solar-terrestrial links
X-ray and gamma astronomy
Chair of Optics and Spectroscopy
Non-linear dynamic processes in gas flow lasers and applications for temporal
characteristics control
Physical issues of optical fiber communications
The light-dynamical phenomena during generation and propagation of coherent radiation
Vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation
Chair of Physics of Atomic Nuclei and Quantum Collisions Theory
Experimental and theoretical investigations of nuclear reactions, including induced
fission, and nuclear structure
Interaction of nuclear radiations with condensed matter
Investigation of hyperfine interactions in condensed matter by the methods of nuclear
spectroscopy
Nuclear medicine
Quantum theory of collisions in physics of nuclear reactions, atomic and mesoatomic
processes. Quantum theory of few-body systems
Chair of Quantum Theory and High-Energy Physics
Electrodynamics
Mathematical physics
Quantum field theory
Quantum theory
Theory of gravitation
Chair of Physics of Elementary Particles
Branch at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, Moscow Region)
- CP – violation, c – and b – quark physics, hadron structure studies
- Neutrino physics, astrophysics and cosmic rays
- New methods and applications of high energy physics
- New states of hadronic matter (quark-gluon plasma, hybrids, glueballs and multiquark
states
- Test of the Standard Model (SM) and searches beyond the SM
Branch at the Institute for High Energy Physics (Protvino, Moscow Region).
- Development of new detectors
- Hadron spectroscopy
- Investigation of charged kaon decays
- Neutrino experiments
- Theory of the electroweak and strong interactions.
Chair of Physics of High-energy Accelerators
Acceleration theory. Fundamentals of electromagnetic theory. Analysis of experimental
data
Medical physics
Nuclear medicine (simulation, automation, experiment)
Radiation and biological matter interaction. Influence of ionizing radiation to
erythrocytes hemolysis kinetics
Using proton beams in radiotherapy (simulation, automation, and experiment)
Chair of General Nuclear Physics
Beams and accelerators
High-energy physics
Information technologies for nuclear physics
Nuclear physics
Nuclear physics for application
Chair of Neutronography
Physics of nuclear-nuclear interactions at low and middle energies
Study of structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules, model membranes and
polymers by means of neutron and X-ray scattering
Study of structure and properties of new crystalline materials by neutron diffraction
Study of surface structure and properties of multilayered systems, magnetics and
superconductors by means of polarized neutron reflectometry and neutron standing waves
Study of texture, structure and properties of geological materials by neutron
diffraction in wide intervals of temperature and pressure
Division of Geophysics
Chair of Physics of Earth
Internal structure and physics of the Earth
Origin and evolution of magnetic field of the Earth
Physics of earthquake and seismic mode
Research of magnetism of continental and underwater ocean rocks
Termophysics of minerals and thermal history of the Earth (geothermics)
Chair of Physics of Sea and Inland Waters
Currents, waves, vortices, and boundary layers in a non-homogeneous fluid
Ecological problems in geophysics. Anthropogenic impact on geophysical processes in the
environment
Integrated analytical, numerical, and laboratory modeling of physical processes in
hydrosphere
Chair of Physics of Atmosphere
Dynamics of mesoscale processes
Heat-mass-exchange between ocean and atmosphere
Minor gas and aerosol constituents of the atmosphere
Radiophysics and ionospheric radio sounding
Remote sounding and radio tomography of the atmosphere and near space environment
Chair of Computer Methods in Physics
Mathematical methods of image analysis and interpretation
Mathematical modelling and computational experiment
Methods of analysis and interpretation of experiments (computing and measurements
systems theory)
Methods of fuzzy and uncertain fuzzy mathematics
Microelectronics and physics of the micro-world
Quantum theory and questions of world outlook
Division of Astronomy
Chair of Astrophysics and Stellar Astronomy
Close binary systems
Galactic astronomy
Interstellar medium, dynamics, and star forming regions in galaxies
Physical processes inside the Sun and Stars. Helioseismology and astroseismology. Solar
activity
Relativistic astrophysics
Chair of Celestial Mechanics, Astrometry and Gravimetry
Astrometry and studying the Earth rotation
Dynamics of natural satellites of planets
Gravimetry, global geodynamics, internal structure of the Earth and planets
Morphological analyses of surface structure of planets and satellites in the Solar
system
Qualitative celestial mechanics
Chair of Experimental Astronomy
Astronomical catalogues and databases; techniques, software, and instrumentation for
space projects
Astronomical instrument-making industry, astronomical observations and data processing
Modern techniques for observational data processing
Division of Complimentary Education
Key division’s activities
Complimentary education programs, specifically, offering training courses in elementary
mathematics, physics, and astronomy for the attendees (schoolboys, students, etc.)
Managing intensive courses and granting qualification in computer sciences and related
areas (web- and computer graphics-design, managing networks, etc.)
Managing specialization for the students of Physics on “Physics and management of
science-intensive technologies” (see below)
Offering complimentary educational program for students beyond physics, specifically in
computer sciences, languages, etc.
Specialization for the students of Physics on “Physics and management
of science-intensive technologies”
One of the key activities of this division is management of
specialization for the students of Physics on “Physics and management of
science-intensive technologies”. This specialization is targeted at teaching students
how to run spin-off companies, manage innovation research, arrange technology transfer
from the university labs to the industry, basics of consulting in the high-tech area, etc.
The curriculum for this program is based on the two-stages scheme:
first, Bachelor, then Master Degree. Students at the first stage must complete the
Bachelor program at the Faculty of Physics. The syllabus also includes a number of
economic courses and a business English.
After successful completing the Bachelor program, the students can
continue their studies under the Master’s Program. Besides the required courses
providing fundamental knowledge in physics, they must attend a number of courses on choice
in the field of finance, economy, management, and law. After completing the entire
program, the students receive the diploma and are awarded by the Master’s degree from
the Faculty of Physics.