Faculty of Physics

Welcome to the website of the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw

The Faculty of Physics is a large research and teaching center. It consists of The Institutes of Theoretical Physics, Experimental Physics, Geophysics, The Astronomical Observatory and The Department of Mathematical Methods in Physics.

The Faculty is regarded as one of the best in the country, recognized internationally for the high quality of research and education.

News

University Astronomers Discover a New Mechanism of Pulsating Star Formation

The international research team led by Prof. Grzegorz Pietrzyński from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw (AOUW) has published a fascinating paper in the prestigious journal Nature, reporting surprising findings about a unique binary star system near the centre of the Milky Way.

Efficient waveguide source of precisely controlled photons

Photons with precisely specified properties are indispensable to nearly all experiments in quantum optics as well as in a growing number of its applications. Scientists from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw have constructed a device which makes the generation of such photons easier and less expensive.

Research Highlights

Radioactive decays at limits of nuclear stability
M. Pfützner, M. Karny, L. V. Grigorenko, K. Riisager
Rev. Mod. Phys. 84, 567–619 (2012)
RR-Lyrae-type pulsations from a 0.26-solar-mass star in a binary system
G. Pietrzyński, I.B. Thompson, W. Gieren, D. Graczyk, K. Stępień, G. Bono, P. G. Prada Moroni, B. Pilecki, A. Udalski, I. Soszyński, G. Preston,  N. Nardetto,  A. McWilliam, I. Roederer, M. Górski, P. Konorski, J. Storm
Nature, 484, 75-77 (5 April 2012)
Cold and trapped metastable noble gases
Vassen, Wim and Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude and Leduc, Michele and Boiron, Denis and Westbrook, Christoph I. andTruscott, Andrew and Baldwin, Ken and Birkl, Gerhard and Cancio, Pablo and Trippenbach, Marek
Rev. Mod. Phys. 84, 175–210 (2012)

Conferences & Events

European Meeting Planck 2012

Warsaw, May 28 - June 1, 2012

The FNP programmes