Oleg Lavrentiev
Oleg Lavrentiev | |
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Олег Лаврентьев | |
Born | Pskov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | July 26, 1926
Died | February 10, 2011 Kharkiv, Ukraine | (aged 84)
Citizenship | Soviet Union (1922–1991) Ukraine (1991-2011) |
Alma mater | Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Website | iter.org |
Oleg Alexandrovich Lavrentiev (
Biography
Lavrentiev was born in Pskov, into a family descended from peasants. His father, Alexander, completed 2 years at a parochial school, worked as a clerk at a Pskov factory, his mother, Alexandra, completed 4 years, and worked as a nurse.[2][3]
During the war, at age 18 he volunteered for the front. He participated in the
The hydrogen bomb and controlled fusion
While in
His proposal consisted of two parts. Firstly, he proposed an implementation of a
... I think we need a detailed discussion of comrade Lavrentiev's draft proposal. Regardless of the outcome of the discussion now is the time to note the creative initiative of the author. "
In 1950 Lavrentiev was demobilized from the army and came to Moscow, where he entered the
After meeting with Beria, Lavrentiev was given a room in the new house and a scholarship. He was allowed to attend lectures at will and to request on-demand delivery of scientific literature. He was assigned a math supervising professor PhD A.A. Samarskii (later - academician and Hero of Socialist Labor).
In May 1951, Lavrentiev got access to newly opened State program of fusion research. (Laboratory of instrumentation of the USSR, currently - Kurchatov Institute), where research was carried out on high temperature plasma physics classified as top-secret. There was already ongoing testing and development of Andrei Sakharov's and Igor Tamm's ideas for the fusion reactor.
On August 12, 1953 the Soviet Union tested a thermonuclear warhead based on lithium deuteride. Unlike other participants in the development of new weapons that have received state awards and ranks, Lavrentiev was denied admission to the lab, and was forced to write a thesis project without access to the lab and without a scientific adviser. Nonetheless, he graduated with honors based on his theoretical work on controlled thermonuclear fusion.
In the spring of 1956 Lavrentiev was sent to
Restoring primacy
In August 2001, the journal "
Notes
- ^ "Сегодня Харьков прощается с выдающимся физиком Олегом Лаврентьевым | Харьков Онлайн". Archived from the original on 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
- ^ Father of the hydrogen bomb - Oleg Lavrentiev.
- ^ My world - mail.ru
- ^ "The 'Kremlin letter' that started it all". ITER. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ a b "СВЕРХСЕКРЕТНЫЙ ФИЗИК ОЛЕГ ЛАВРЕНТЬЕВ". Зеркало недели | Дзеркало тижня | Mirror Weekly. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "«Водородную бомбу я придумал, когда был сержантом в армии и не имел высшего образования»". fakty.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-02-09.
References
- Valentine Gatash, Kharkov " top secret physicist Lavrentiev "/ / Proceedings of the science. 29.08.2003.
- Proposal OA Lavrent'ev, sent to the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) July 29, 1950
- Bondarenko BD "The role of OA Lavrent'ev in the formulation of the problem and initiate research on controlled thermonuclear fusion in the USSR "/ / UFN 171, 886 (2001).
- The father of the hydrogen bomb - Oleg Lavrentiev.
- My world - mail.ru
- Dolan, Thomas J.; Voitsenya, Vladimir S. (2011). "Oleg Aleksandrovich Lavrentyev". Physics Today. 64 (10): 66–67. .