Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
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| Established | 1964 |
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| Head | Igor Valentinovich Kolokolov |
| Members | 62 |
| Address | Akademika Semenova av., 1A, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia |
| Location | , |
| Website | http://www.itp.ac.ru/en/ |
The L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (Russian: Институт теоретической физики имени Л. Д. Ландау (ИТФ)) of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a research institution, located in the small town of Chernogolovka near Moscow (there is also a subdivision in Moscow, on the territory of the P. L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems).
History
The Landau Institute was formed in 1964 to keep the Landau school alive after the tragic car accident of Lev D. Landau. Since its foundation, the institute grew rapidly to about one hundred scientists, becoming one of the worldwide best-known and leading institutes for theoretical physics.
Unlike many other scientific centers in Russia, the Landau Institute had the strength to cope with the crisis of the nineties in the last century. Although about one half of the scientists accepted positions at leading scientific centers and universities abroad, most of them kept ties with their home institute, forming a scientific network in the tradition of the Landau school and supporting young theoretical physicists in the Landau Institute.
Prominent members
Up to 1992, the institute was headed by
Fields of Research
The main fields of research are:
- Mathematical physics
- Computational physics
- Nonlinear dynamics
- Condensed matter theory
- Nuclear and elementary particle physics
- Quantum field theory
See also
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
References
- ^ Raussen, Martin; Skau, Christian (September 2014). "Interview with Yakov Sinai – Abel Laureate 2014" (PDF). EMS Newsletter (93): 17. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
External links
Further reading
- Isaak Markovich Khalatnikovand Vladimir P. Mineev (eds.), 30 years of the Landau Institute- selected papers (World Scientific, 1996)
