- Condensed matter theory
- Quantum field theory
- Nuclear and elementary particle physics
- Computational physics
- Nonlinear dynamics
- Mathematical physics
History
The Landau Institute was formed in 1965 to keep, after the tragic car accident of Lev Davidovich Landau, the Landau school alive. Since its foundation, the institute grew rapidly to about one hundred scientists, becoming one of the worlwide 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 Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, who was then replaced by Vladimir E. Zakharov. Its numerous prominent scientists, mathematicians as well as physicists, include the Nobel laureate Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov as well as Lev Gor'kov, Anatoly Larkin, Arkady Migdal, Sergei Petrovich Novikov, Alexander Polyakov, Valery Pokrovsky, and Yakov G. Sinai.
External links
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- Condensed matter theory
- Quantum field theory
- Nuclear and elementary particle physics
- Computational physics
- Nonlinear dynamics
- Mathematical physics
History
The Landau Institute was formed in 1965 to keep, after the tragic car accident of Lev Davidovich Landau, the Landau school alive. Since its foundation, the institute grew rapidly to about one hundred scientists, becoming one of the worlwide 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 Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, who was then replaced by Vladimir E. Zakharov. Its numerous prominent scientists, mathematicians as well as physicists, include the Nobel laureate Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov as well as Lev Gor'kov, Anatoly Larkin, Arkady Migdal, Sergei Petrovich Novikov, Alexander Polyakov, Valery Pokrovsky, and Yakov G. Sinai.
External links
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Wednesday June 04, 2008 at 13:21:05 PDT (GMT -0700)
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