Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
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| Formation | 1945 |
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| Founder | Abram Alikhanov |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Official languages | Russian |
Director General | Viktor Yegorychev |
| Website | www |
The Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP; Russian Институт теоретической и экспериментальной физики) is a multi-disciplinary research center located in Moscow, Russia. ITEP carries out research in the fields of theoretical and mathematical physics, astrophysics, high energy particle physics, nuclear physics, plasma physics, solid state physics, nanotechnology, reactor and accelerator physics, medical physics, and computer science. ITEP also maintains an extensive educational program and organizes physics schools for scholars and undergraduates. The institute is located near the corner of the Sevastopol prospect and the Nachimowski prospect (address Bolschaja Cheremuskinskaja 25) and occupies part of the former estate "Cheryomushki-Znamenskoye" - an 18th-century manor that is a monument of architecture and landscape art of the 18th-19th centuries.
History
ITEP was established on December 1, 1945, initially carrying the name "Laboratory №3", with the purpose of conceiving a heavy water nuclear reactor and cosmic ray studies. Developed of the theoretical part KS 150.[1] The laboratory worked with nuclear reactor development in the 1940s and over the years the institute expanded its research programme into high energy particle physics, astrophysics, medical physics and other related fields.
The founder and director until 1968 was Abram Alikhanov.
ITEP scientists won 8
A research program to research nuclear fusion using heavy ion accelerators was started in the 1980s.
At the moment (2008), the focus areas are theoretical and mathematical physics (e.g.
Facilities
From 1949 the ITEP maintained a
Research
The school conducts original scientific research in several fields of physics and technology. Research areas in theoretical physics concentrate around
2012 controversy
A large group of scientists at the ITEP are protesting about the Russian government's plan to merge ITEP with the Kurchatov Institute. According to them, the real purpose of the move is to effectively "kill" ITEP.[2]
Directors
- 1945–1968 Abram Alikhanov
- 1968–1997 Ivan Chuvilo
- 1997–2001 Mikhail Danilov
- 2001–2005 Alexander Suvorov
- 2005–2008 Boris Sharkov
- 2008–2009 Vyacheslav Konev
- 2009–2010 Nikolai Tyurin
- 2010 Vladimir Shevchenko
- 2010–2015 Yuri Kozlov
- Since 2015 Viktor Yegorychev
People
The Russian theoretical physicists
Pomeranchuk Prize
Since 1998 ITEP has awarded annually the Pomeranchuk Prize, an international award for theoretical physics. It is named after Russian physicist
See also
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, another Russian particle physics laboratory in Novosibirsk
- Institute for High Energy Physics, another Russian particle physics laboratory in the vicinity of Moscow; located south of Moscow
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, international particle physics laboratory in the vicinity of Moscow; located north of Moscow
References
- ^ "Краткая историческая справка". НИЦ «Курчатовский институт» — ИТЭФ. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ^ Russian physicists protest government consolidation. Restrictive policies are affecting international collaboration, Nature, 27 January 2012.
External links
- www.itep.ru (official website)
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