Scientific research at the Faculty of Physics

The scientific research conducted at the Faculty of Physics covers almost all fields of modern Physics and fall into the following key directions:

• Mathematical physics;
• Physics of condensed matter;
• Optics and quantum electronics;
• Radiophysics and electronics, acoustics;
• Physics of plasma and controlled thermonuclear synthesis;
• Nuclear physics;
• Gas dynamics, air dynamics, hydrodynamics, physics of burning and blast, mechanics of multiphase milieus;
• Life sciences;
• Science of Earth;
• Astronomy and astrophysics;
• Information technologies;
• Development of education.

Nowadays, as in the past history of the Faculty, many outstanding Russian scientists were or are now with the Faculty. Among them are Profs. S.I. Vavilov, P.L. Kapitsa, I.E. Tamm, A.A. Vlasov, N.N. Bogolyubov, L.D. Landau, A.N. Tikhonov, A.M. Prokhorov, R.V. Khokhlov, L.V. Keldysh, V.A. Magnitsky, G.T. Zatsepin, A.A. Logunov, V.P. Maslov, A.R. Khokhlov, V.G. Kadyshevsky, A.A. Slavnov, A.M. Cherepaschuk, O.V. Rudenko, and many others. Some of them were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics—I.E.Tamm and I.M.Frank (1958), L.D.Landau (1962), A.M.Prokhorov (1964), P.L.Kapitsa (1978), V.L.Ginzburg and A.A.Abrikosov (2003)—and many established their world-famous scientific Schools.

The management of scientific research at the Faculty is based on the following principles:

• Fundamental research has highest priority;
• Research that leads to the foundations of modern technologies is greatly welcome;
• Special attention is paid to the socially-oriented research areas;
• Significant breakthrough in science, as we expect, will be related to research into interdisciplinary fields like biophysics, medical physics, geophysics, ecological physics, etc.

The Faculty’s various chairs are responsible for research management and specialized student training.

• Key research directions
• Offered courses